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Old 03-26-2008, 11:47 PM   #138
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Originally Posted by tompe View Post
Modify the example to borrow a book from a friend then so my point is kept. And the point was that things that on the surface sounds reasonable often is not correct when analyzed.

For example if you think an utilitaristic moral system is the most reasonable then it might be optimal if a certain percentage people download books from darknet and then talks enthusiastically about the book to their friends who buy them since this could increase the total utility.
But why wouldn't the ethusiastic evangelical downloader just give the files to their friends?
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