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9 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 01 December 2014 06:04PM

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 01 December 2014 08:15:47PM 0 points [-]

must either accept that B is preferable or equal to A

B versus A is whole class of B versus a whole class of A. You need but reject that once (while accepting it in most cases), and the mere addition paradox no longer does through.