Re:The world is not an engineering problem
by thfuran on Thursday November 08, 2018 @04:31PM
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Right. We're going to fall back on "we should maximize utility because that's better than less utility". But we're not going to have to fall back on how it makes me feel to see dead fish or somesuch.
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Re:The world is not an engineering problem
by pavelrub on Thursday November 08, 2018 @04:38PM
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> "we should maximize utility because that's better than less utility
Depending on how you define "utility" - this is either a meaningless tautology that doesn't say anything at all, or a subjective belief that can be easily challenged by equally subjective alternatives.