CarlShulman comments on The "Intuitions" Behind "Utilitarianism" - Less Wrong
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"So given an asymptote utility function (which I don't accept), it shouldn't matter if one more person is tortured for 50 years."
With such an asymptotic utility function your calculations will be dominated by the possible worlds in which there are few other beings.