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

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Comment author: ThrustVectoring 15 July 2013 12:46:20AM 1 point [-]

I don't subscribe to either average or total utilitarianism. I'm more of a fan of selfish utilitarianism. It would make me personally feel better about myself were I to move the universe from 1 person living a life worth celebrating to 2 people living such lives, so it's worth doing.