Doug: From almost every perspective I could think of, it would be better to invest resources in raising a newborn than to recreate and rehabilitate a random individual from our barbaric past.
No, for him it won’t be better. Altruistic aspect of the humane morality will help, even if it’s more energy-efficient to incinerate you. For that matter, why raise a newborn child instead of making a paperclip?
Doug: From almost every perspective I could think of, it would be better to invest resources in raising a newborn than to recreate and rehabilitate a random individual from our barbaric past.
No, for him it won’t be better. Altruistic aspect of the humane morality will help, even if it’s more energy-efficient to incinerate you. For that matter, why raise a newborn child instead of making a paperclip?