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DanielLC comments on Open Thread, November 15-22, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: DanielLC 23 November 2013 07:36:42PM 0 points [-]

That does raise the question of why you only value lives you saved. If all lives are important, marginal value won't change much over one life saved.

Comment author: blacktrance 23 November 2013 08:03:25PM 0 points [-]

For the same reason you only value the pizza you eat, not just pizza eaten in general - because it's utility derived from consumption of a good/service.