DaFranker comments on Causal Universes - LessWrong

60 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 November 2012 04:08AM

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Comment author: DaFranker 29 November 2012 04:45:20PM 0 points [-]

I agree. That does seem to be a key point in the disagreement.

There doesn't seem to be an obvious way to compute the relevant utility function segments of the participants involved.

Comment author: Peterdjones 29 November 2012 07:01:02PM *  1 point [-]

OTOH "destroy the universe" is not a maxim one would wish to become universal law. Nor is it virtuous. It's clearly against the rights of those involved. Etc. Utilitiarianism seems to be performing particularly badly here. The more I read about it, the worse it gets.