• Doxin@pawb.social
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    9 days ago

    It’s changing the problem from definite harm and potential upside to definite upside and potential harm.

    It makes sense people value potential harm different from potential upside.

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        9 days ago

        The potential harm in the comic is lack of buff dudes, the potential upside in the classic is more good people being alive.

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          9 days ago

          That does not make sense. What does “harm” mean to you? Less good is not “potential harm”. To put it another way, let’s assume you and I are completely independent and I have to moral responsibility to give you money. If I chose to not give you any money, you would not be harmed. If I gifted you $100, you would not be harmed. If I gifted you $20 you would not be harmed because I did not gift you $100.