This is Less Wrong. We tend to be all about the weird math reasons! Seriously, I was doing utilitarian calculations not because I think they’re necessarily right but because they’re an example of something that might have given something like the desired result, while also being a kinda-plausible way of weighing one’s own interests against those of others.
This is Less Wrong. We tend to be all about the weird math reasons! Seriously, I was doing utilitarian calculations not because I think they’re necessarily right but because they’re an example of something that might have given something like the desired result, while also being a kinda-plausible way of weighing one’s own interests against those of others.