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Less Wrong on Utilitarianism

Postby RyanCarey on 2012-09-27T14:35:00

http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Utilitarianism

I think LessWrong is an excellent resource for utilitarians. This page is a viable starting point for rationalist / utilitarian crossover discussion.
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Re: Less Wrong on Utilitarianism

Postby peterhurford on 2012-09-27T17:34:00

The user population also seems to be vast majority consequentialist.
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Re: Less Wrong on Utilitarianism

Postby Arepo on 2012-10-04T12:06:00

They seem to be very PU-leaning, though. I keep meaning to make a post on there arguing if not for HU, at least against the primary LW posts that advocate PU, since IMO they all suffer from the same basic oversights.

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Re: Less Wrong on Utilitarianism

Postby peterhurford on 2012-10-04T14:03:00

Arepo wrote:They seem to be very PU-leaning, though. I keep meaning to make a post on there arguing if not for HU, at least against the primary LW posts that advocate PU, since IMO they all suffer from the same basic oversights.

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PU = Preference Utilitarianism
HU = Hedonistic Utilitarianism

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Re: Less Wrong on Utilitarianism

Postby Arepo on 2012-10-05T11:16:00

Yeah, sorry. Lazily assumed everyone round here would've seen those by now.
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