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So one person with 1 happiness and one person with 0 happiness combine to make two people with 0.5 happiness? Or a billion people with one happiness each are a

So one person with 1 happiness and one person with 0 happiness combine to make two people with 0.5 happiness? Or a billion people with one happiness each are almost exactly equal to one person with a billion happiness and a billion people with 0 happiness? It's not so much repugnant as ridiculous.

_rpd 6y ago
> It's not so much repugnant as ridiculous Exactly. Philosophers should be required to take courses in abstract algebra and topology before being allowed to discuss utilitarianism.