Velleman: we respect agents because of their Kantian dignity/rationality, and we can't trade off our sacred value to e.g. stop our suffering
@antidemblog @St_Rev problem is this ignores the cost/benefit analysis - costs of staying alive can be HUGE compared to EV of poss. solution
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@sarahdoingthing@antidemblog It's ugly and nearly impossible to work out in practice but it has the advantage of not being a fucking lie -
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing@antidemblog Important to remember humans have hyperbolic time preference discounting thx to that Bitch Evolution - 3 more replies
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@sarahdoingthing@antidemblog Yeah and digging into the guts of that pits regular v. negative utilitarianism butThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahdoingthing@antidemblog Most people want, e.g., the homeless to stop existing. They can't honestly admit this in public.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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