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DanielLC comments on Value ethics vs. agency ethics - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: DanielLC 26 July 2014 10:52:52PM 1 point [-]

My point is that if defecting against innocents is bad, it would be reasonable to minimize the amount of defection against innocents.

Comment author: [deleted] 27 July 2014 07:15:49AM 0 points [-]

if defecting against innocents is bad, it would be reasonable to minimize the amount of defection against innocents.

By defecting against an innocent which makes defecting against an innocent not bad in contradiction to the assumption. You're running into a paradox.

Comment author: DanielLC 27 July 2014 06:44:31PM 2 points [-]

All choices involve someone defecting against an innocent. I figured I'd go with the least bad choice.

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