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army1987 comments on A Pure Math Argument for Total Utilitarianism - Less Wrong Discussion

-5 Post author: Xodarap 27 October 2013 05:05PM

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Comment author: Xodarap 27 October 2013 07:12:52PM 1 point [-]

Yes, one way to rescue this is to value equality instrumentally, instead of intrinsically.

Comment author: [deleted] 28 October 2013 10:08:39AM 0 points [-]

(Similarly, I tentatively am an average utilitarian, but I still value population size instrumentally.)