V_V comments on A critique of effective altruism - LessWrong

64 Post author: benkuhn 02 December 2013 04:53PM

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 03 December 2013 01:49:24AM 0 points [-]

Yes, but Eliezer doesn't believe in discounting terminal values.

Comment author: ialdabaoth 03 December 2013 02:02:23AM 1 point [-]

So, let's be clear - are we talking about what works, or what we think Eliezer is dumb for believing?

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 05 December 2013 05:56:38AM * -2 points [-]

Well, first I'm not a consequentialist.

However, the linked post has a point, why should we value future live less?