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RyanCarey comments on Does utilitarianism "require" extreme self sacrifice? If not why do people commonly say it does? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: RyanCarey 09 December 2014 06:26:14PM 13 points [-]

It basically depends whether you're a maximising utilitarian or a scalar utilitarian. The former says that you should do the best thing. The latter is less harsh in that it just says that better actions are better without saying that you necessarily have to do the best one.

Comment author: Gondolinian 09 December 2014 09:41:11PM 3 points [-]

Thanks for the link. I like your terminology better than mine. :)