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

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 27 July 2014 08:02:56AM 1 point [-]

Okay, makes sense. There could be a technical problem with evaluating a punishment "in proportion", because some things could be difficult to evaluate, but that is also a (much greater) problem in consequentialist ethics.