So is there an actual reason that you chose a topic as emotionally frought (and thus mind-killing) as rape, and at the same time created a made-up scenario where we’re asked to ignore anything we know about “rape” by being forced to not use our judgment but Omega’s on what constitutes utility?
And anyway, i think people misunderstand the purpose of utility. Daniel acts according to his own utility function. That function isn’t obliged to have a positive factor on the rapists’ utility; it may very well be negative. If said factor is negative, then the more utility the rapists get out of their rape, the less he’s inclined to let them commit it.
So is there an actual reason that you chose a topic as emotionally frought (and thus mind-killing) as rape, and at the same time created a made-up scenario where we’re asked to ignore anything we know about “rape” by being forced to not use our judgment but Omega’s on what constitutes utility?
And anyway, i think people misunderstand the purpose of utility. Daniel acts according to his own utility function. That function isn’t obliged to have a positive factor on the rapists’ utility; it may very well be negative. If said factor is negative, then the more utility the rapists get out of their rape, the less he’s inclined to let them commit it.