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gjm comments on Discussion of Slate Star Codex: "Extremism in Thought Experiments is No Vice" - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: gjm 30 March 2015 11:05:20AM 4 points [-]

you'd need to stipulate that Joe will kill me if I don't kill him.

And note that many (most?) people and many (most?) legal systems do in fact hold that in such situations (war, self-defence) you are entitled to kill Joe.