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Manfred comments on "Stupid" questions thread - Less Wrong Discussion

40 Post author: gothgirl420666 13 July 2013 02:42AM

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Comment author: Manfred 13 July 2013 07:36:41PM 3 points [-]

Don't think it is.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 15 July 2013 01:38:47PM 0 points [-]

What specifically do you disagree with?
I think Pablo is correct that average utilitarianism is much more popular here than among philosophers.

Comment author: wedrifid 15 July 2013 03:01:57PM 1 point [-]

What specifically do you disagree with?

The words only make sense if parsed as disagreement with the claim that average utilitarianism is popular here.

I think Pablo is correct that average utilitarianism is much more popular here than among philosophers.

Perhaps, if you mean the difference between 'trivial' and 'negligible'.