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wubbles comments on Kant's Multiplication - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: wubbles 21 September 2015 11:08:05PM 1 point [-]

I don't agree with this line of argument. Suppose there are five employes, and they all press the button. Each receives 100 utils, and loses 4, leading to a net gain of 96 each. Why is this not the ethically correct outcome, even for a deontologist?