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Comment author: AABoyles 04 December 2014 03:57:18PM 2 points [-]

In the second case, the major difference between the two cases is the lives created. The suffering caused seems a very small side-effect in comparison.

This is exactly what I was thinking. In the second case (in which people are created), are we to assume that 3^^^3 people are created either way? Also, will they exist only so long as they are being tortured, or will they exist across lifespans which include time during which they are not being tortured?

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