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Protagoras comments on Weak repugnant conclusion need not be so repugnant given fixed resources - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 17 November 2013 03:44PM

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Comment author: Protagoras 20 November 2013 11:55:56PM -1 points [-]

What I meant is that if the utilitarian math favors the billions, that seems intuitively reasonable enough that I have no difficulty accepting it.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 21 November 2013 11:13:59AM 0 points [-]

That's fine - you've made your population ethics compatible with your intuitions, which is perfectly ok.