The Reified Referent: How the Saturation View Values the Taste of Someone Who Does Not Exist

TLDR The Saturation View holds that a world of varied joys is better than a world of equal but identical joys. Elliott Thornley objected that no one benefits from this variety, and Will MacAskill answered that it is a claim about the pattern of value in the world, rather than about individuals' experiences. This post elaborates on Thornley's point and argues that a pattern that possibly no one…

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