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[-] nickiwest@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

From a utilitarian perspective, you're still reducing overall suffering by an order of magnitude, so your scenario is still a greater good.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

This assumes a linear value function of course

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