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Yup, that comes in the form of a utility function that is nonhomogeneous across people. It's expected, for instance, that parents will value an increment in the
by Jeff_Brown 3y ago
Yup, that comes in the form of a utility function that is nonhomogeneous across people. It's expected, for instance, that parents will value an increment in their childrens' well-being more than an increment in a stranger's.
EA is radical in that it treats everyone's utility as equally valuable (across people, not income levels -- a dollar to a poor person is, all other things equal, more valuable than a dollar to a rich person). But you can do EA and still care more about your family than strangers.