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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 25 November 2013 02:52:20PM 0 points [-]

There is no contradiction to rejecting total utilitarianism and choosing torture.

However, agents with intransitive dispositions are exploitable.

Transitive agents (eg average utilitarians) can reject the repugnant conclusion and choose torture. These things are not the same - many consistent, unexploitable agents reach different conclusions on them. Rejection of the repugnant conclusion does not come from scope neglect.

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