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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 15 February 2011 03:25:16PM 4 points [-]

2) If you say X or N must be very large, does this prove that you measure torture and fun using in effect different scales, and therefore are a deontologist rather than a utilitarian?

I'm not anything yet. And if I were a utilitarian, I would put a very large disutility to torture, and only a small plus to fun. I don't think it has to do with the system you use...

Comment author: cousin_it 16 February 2011 02:19:58AM *  2 points [-]

Wow, this is what sanity looks like. The best answer yet. Thanks.

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