hyporational comments on Circular Altruism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: hyporational 30 November 2013 07:18:38AM *  1 point [-]

Ready the tar and feather, but I woudn't submit myself to even 1 year of torture to avert a stranger being tortured 50 years if no terrible social repercussions could be expected.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 30 November 2013 03:40:42PM 0 points [-]

Yup. I suspect that's true of the overwhelming majority of people. It's most likely true of me.