Ignorance of non-existent preferences

post by KatjaGrace · 2010-09-11T16:03:25.000Z · LW · GW · 0 comments

I often hear it said that since you can’t know what non existent people or creatures want, you can’t count bringing them into existence as a benefit to them even if you guess they will probably like it. For instance Adam Ozimek makes this argument here.

Does this absolute agnosticism about non-existent preferences mean it is also a neutral act to bring someone into existence when you expect them to have a net nasty experience?

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