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I object to this the same way I object to objections of the repugnant conclusion: it's hard to have intuitions about numbers that large. Is it really possible to image someone "gaining more welfare per second than all humans ever have so far"?

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But this is very plausible. No one would say that the marginal displacement each time is worth it. I wouldn’t kill 10^10^1000 humans to create a utility monster.

This leaves aside the bit about fetus rights.

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