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Tenoke comments on Open Thread March 31 - April 7 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Tenoke 04 April 2014 06:59:53PM *  0 points [-]

Yes, I am asking because my suspicion is that many people who label themselves as utilitarian evaluate a situation like this one using deontology-like rules and not utility calculations and was curious if this is the case.

Comment author: blacktrance 04 April 2014 10:15:51PM *  0 points [-]

I'm not a deontologist either. I'm an egoist. I do use utility calculations, but I seek to maximize my own utility, not the world's.