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AlexMennen comments on Population ethics in practice - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: AlexMennen 10 August 2014 06:22:48AM *  1 point [-]

Which is in turn equivalent to picking a value of income y_0 such that u(y_0)=0 for total utilitarianism.

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