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-7 Post author: nebulous 03 January 2012 10:54PM

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Comment author: benelliott 03 January 2012 11:25:42PM 4 points [-]

(Although I would answer (1) I did give $100 to AMF last year.)

This is not at all inconsistent. You can perfectly well say "I value my own life more than other people's, but I still value other people's lives a non-zero amount", and since spending on personal pleasure runs into diminishing returns such a value could well result in donating some but not all of your money.