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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Following this logic a little bit further, what if the home owner is a billionaire and the house is worth $100M (or any other number that is greater than the statistical value of a life of $8-10M)? Do we then get into a situation where the bomber's life is worth more than the property of a poor or middle class person but less than the property of a rich person? That logic has some very...uncomfortable implications.
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It’s where pure utilitarianism breaks down. Anytime an individual is sacrificed for the greater good which is why I like the categorical imperative.
The other flaw is the statistical like assume the bomber is average and the house is average and you were applying this over thousands of interactions. It’s less useful on edge cases like your billionaire.