army1987 comments on On Caring - Less Wrong

99 Post author: So8res 15 October 2014 01:59AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 19 October 2014 12:45:19PM 0 points [-]

He has a utility function that is larger when more birds are saved.

He has a utility function that is larger when he saves more birds; birds saved by other people don't count.

Comment author: Jiro 19 October 2014 03:33:59PM 0 points [-]

If it has two components, they do count, just not by much.