From: Matt Mahoney (matmahoney@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Mar 03 2009 - 11:32:29 MST
--- On Tue, 3/3/09, Johnicholas Hines <johnicholas.hines@gmail.com> wrote:
> The group's utility function is related, though not identical, to all
> of the individual's utility functions. As I understand it, we are
> discussing which emotions are socially appropriate to feel at a novel
> situation - uploading someone in order to "prevent" them from dying.
> Should we feel grief, because this is analogous to the familiar
> situation of the person dying? Should we feel joy, because this is
> analogous to familiar situation of the person being rescued by
> medicine?
What you should feel has nothing to do with what you actually will feel.
-- Matt Mahoney, matmahoney@yahoo.com
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