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Not to mention, if living your ideals is an important part of your own utility function, then yeah - it can be best for you even if it comes with other compromi
by gbrown 5y ago
Not to mention, if living your ideals is an important part of your own utility function, then yeah - it can be best for you even if it comes with other compromises.
- mavhc 5y agoIdeals are just long term benefits
- Majestic121 5y agoIf you sacrifice yourself to have an orphan out of an Ideal of selflessness or protection of the weak, the idea of benefits doesn't make sense since you'll never reap those benefits, being dead and all. If you look at the individual level, with a purely rational 'Homo economicus' rational actor, ideals don't make a lot of sense.
- mavhc 5y agoPeople are genetically programmed to look after children for the long term benefit of the species. It's so programmed in we think baby lions are cute.