I agree with your general thrust except your statement that “you longtermists can simply forgo your own pleasure wireheading and instead work very hard on the whole growth and reproduction agenda” if we are able to wirehead in an effective manner it might be morally obligatory to force them into wireheading to maximize utility.
if we are able to wirehead in an effective manner it might be morally obligatory to force them into wireheading to maximize utility.
Not interested in this kind of “moral obligation”. If you want to be a hedonistic utilitarian, use your own capacity and consent-based cooperation for it.
I agree with your general thrust except your statement that “you longtermists can simply forgo your own pleasure wireheading and instead work very hard on the whole growth and reproduction agenda” if we are able to wirehead in an effective manner it might be morally obligatory to force them into wireheading to maximize utility.
Not interested in this kind of “moral obligation”. If you want to be a hedonistic utilitarian, use your own capacity and consent-based cooperation for it.