Preference utilitarianism isn't like total or average utilitarianism. There can't be a "repugnant conclusion" unless people prefer it.
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In fact I learned that one from you. I'm wondering why you'd endorse the repugnant conclusion.
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Certainly the sequence of utilities in the original argument are incomparable rather than increasing, right?
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i think the feature you describe is called "person-affecting" and is at least sort of orthogonal to pref U
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yeah ok I'm just inferring what preference utilitarians might believe really
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