TheOtherDave comments on Does utilitarianism "require" extreme self sacrifice? If not why do people commonly say it does? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 10 December 2014 04:09:03PM 1 point [-]

I don't need a theory to decide I'm unwilling to sign up for more than N personal inconvenience; I can observe it as an experimental result.

it sounds like either the theory is quite incomplete, or your limit of N is counter to your moral beliefs

Yes, both of those seem fairly likely.

It sounds like you're suggesting that only a complete moral theory serves any purpose, and that I am in reality internally consistent... have I understood you correctly? If so, can you say more about why you believe those things?