Jiro comments on Discussion of Slate Star Codex: "Extremism in Thought Experiments is No Vice" - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jiro 01 May 2015 03:32:20PM 0 points [-]

Because ceteris paribus, I prefer not to make Joe or his friends sad

Doesn't that also imply you should feed utility monsters?

Comment author: dxu 01 May 2015 03:49:54PM *  0 points [-]

Sure. After all, I value humans much more highly than pigs. Doesn't that imply that humans are utility monsters, at least compared to other animals?

EDIT: Vegans, on the other hand, should have a much harder time with the idea of utility monsters (at least from what little I know about veganism).