LW utilitarianism: For the flourishing of sapient beings (against arbitrary parochialism). It seems like this captures a lot but is ad hoc.
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@willdoingthings "value is a function of what lives people lead. lives count equally unless there's something distinguishing them."1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@tipsfromkatee I think we should assume they're unequal by default, equality is an okay first approximation but it can't be fundamental...3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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@willdoingthings i agree that they will in fact be unequal, but "equal lives imply equal value" constrains the inequality's details
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