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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 14 February 2014 03:01:42PM 4 points [-]

But that inequality is an instrumental rather than a terminal value. You only value it because it prevents stagnation, not because it's intrinsically a good thing.

Comment author: Lalartu 15 February 2014 01:31:18PM 0 points [-]

Yes, it is instrumental.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 16 February 2014 10:23:19AM 0 points [-]

So it's not anti-egalitarian in the sense used here.

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