shminux comments on Open thread, 24-30 March 2014 - Less Wrong

6 Post author: Metus 25 March 2014 07:42AM

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Comment author: shminux 25 March 2014 06:30:38PM 0 points [-]

it's important to ensure that the future will contain many people who have better lives than us

Are you swiping the complexity of value under the terms "better" and "veridical"? Does following your axiology prevent humanity from evolving into a race of happy-go-lucky clones?

Comment author: Nisan 25 March 2014 08:30:00PM 3 points [-]

Are you swiping the complexity of value under the terms "better" and "veridical"?

Yes. It's hard enough to come up with a decent way of aggregating individual welfares without making a comprehensive theory of value.