I think it’s Paul alive, sociopaths dead > Paul alive, sociopaths alive > Paul dead, sociopaths dead , with the inaccessible Paul dead, sociopaths alive at the very bottom.
In situations with uncertainty, we would need to have the scales of those preferences, but I think you’re supposed to view the problem as having certainty.
The problem seems under-specified to me. What’s Paul’s utility function?
I think it’s
Paul alive, sociopaths dead>Paul alive, sociopaths alive>Paul dead, sociopaths dead, with the inaccessiblePaul dead, sociopaths aliveat the very bottom.In situations with uncertainty, we would need to have the scales of those preferences, but I think you’re supposed to view the problem as having certainty.