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RowanE comments on Open Thread April 11 - April 17, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: qmotus 11 April 2016 12:11:33PM *  2 points [-]

Past surveys show that most LessWrongers are consequentialists, and many are also effective altruism advocates. What do they think of infinities in ethics?

As I've intuitively always favoured some kind of negative utilitarianism, this has caused me some confusion.

Comment author: RowanE 11 April 2016 01:22:53PM 2 points [-]

I'll come in to say yes I agree these problems are confusing, although my ethics are weird and I'm only kind if a consequentialist.

(I identify as amoral, in practice what it means is I act like an egoist but give consequentialist answers to ethical questions)

Comment author: qmotus 13 April 2016 06:04:42PM 0 points [-]

What I've noticed is that this has caused me to slide towards prioritizing issues that affect me personally (meaning that I care somewhat more about climate change and less about animal rights than I have previously done).