Jadagul comments on The "Intuitions" Behind "Utilitarianism" - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jadagul 29 January 2008 04:15:12AM 0 points [-]

Sean: why is that "what utils do"? To the extent that we view utils as the semi-scientific concept from economics, they don't "just sum linearly." To economists utils don't sum at all; you can't make interpersonal comparisons of utility. So if you claim that utils sum linearly, you're making a claim of moral philosophy, and haven't argued for it terribly strongly.