The problem is that the concept of “fairness” you are using there is incompatible with VHM-utilitarianism. (If somebody disagrees with this, please describe what the term in one’s utility function corresponding to fairness would look like.)
People care about fairness, and get negative utility from feeling like they are being treated unfairly.
I’d have to think about it but if I didn’t think it would involve being severely taken advantage of to the point where it impacts what I want to do I’d probably take it.
People care about fairness, and get negative utility from feeling like they are being treated unfairly.
So let’s apply Eliezer’s “murder pill” thought experiment to this:
If I offered people a pill to make not care about being treated unfairly would they take it?
If the answer is no, that means they care about fairness beyond the bad feeling it generates.
I’d have to think about it but if I didn’t think it would involve being severely taken advantage of to the point where it impacts what I want to do I’d probably take it.