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Luke_A_Somers comments on Life Extension versus Replacement - Less Wrong Discussion

13 Post author: Julia_Galef 30 November 2011 01:47AM

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 30 November 2011 06:24:47PM 3 points [-]

I think the point is, Utilitarianism is very very flexible, and whatever it is about us that tells us to prefer life extension should already be there - the only question is, how do we formalize that?