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Kyre comments on Distinction between "creating/preventing future lives" and "improving future lives that are already expected to exist"? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Kyre 14 August 2014 05:01:54AM 0 points [-]

I don't know if there's a name for it. In general, consequentialism is over the entire timeline.

Yes, that makes the most sense.

It seems likely that your post is due to a misunderstanding of my post, so let me clarify. I was not suggesting killing Alice to make way for Bob.

No no, I understand that you're not talking about killing people off and replacing them, I was just trying (unsuccessfully) to give the most clearest example I could.

And I agree with your consequentialist analysis of indifference between the creation of Alice and Bob if they have the same utility ... unless "playing god events" have negative utility.