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Kaj_Sotala comments on Caring about what happens after you die - Less Wrong Discussion

8 Post author: DataPacRat 18 December 2012 03:13PM

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 18 December 2012 03:28:57PM 7 points [-]

You could point out that plenty of people also have preferences about the lives of e.g. poor people in developing countries who they could, if they wanted to, just ignore completely. (Or preferences about the lives of strangers in their own country, for that matter.)