I guess I’m asking “Why would a finite-universe necessarily dictate a finite utility score?”
In other words, why can’t my utility function be:
0 if you give me the entire universe minus all the ice cream.
1 if you give me the entire universe minus all the chocolate ice cream.
infinity if I get chocolate ice cream, regardless of how much chocolate ice cream I receive, and regardless of whether the rest of the universe is included with it.
I guess I’m asking “Why would a finite-universe necessarily dictate a finite utility score?”
In other words, why can’t my utility function be:
0 if you give me the entire universe minus all the ice cream.
1 if you give me the entire universe minus all the chocolate ice cream.
infinity if I get chocolate ice cream, regardless of how much chocolate ice cream I receive, and regardless of whether the rest of the universe is included with it.