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Comment author: Viliam 08 February 2016 01:02:24PM 1 point [-]

In long-term measures of well-being (...) parental influence exerts a temporary effect which disappears when we are no longer living with our parents.

Everything in human life is temporary. The temporary effect while living with our parents is about 20 years, the average human life is about 70 years... so these "temporary effects" still make about 25% of human life; enough to be included in the utilitarian calculation.

Comment author: Clarity 08 February 2016 01:48:32PM *  0 points [-]

Good point. The interpretation I made there was that parents ought to be less determined to determine their child's future by pressuring them to sacrifice present well-being for adult gain.

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