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29 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 28 January 2008 04:29PM

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Comment author: Unknown 29 January 2008 04:10:43PM 2 points [-]

Ben, that's not about additivism, but indicates that you are a deontologist by nature, as everyone is. A better test: would you flip a lever which would stop the torture if everyone on earth would instantly be automatically punched in the face? I don't think I would.