I'm not going to read the paper because the argument is completely absurd. Say someone experiences a large amount of pain in their lives, but still helps people, heroically stops an insane utilitarian from forcing people to be wireheaded, and generally has great and loving relationships. I don't see how you can establish an arbitrary limit L on the amount of "goodness" in his life (if such a thing can even be quantified).
I'm not going to read the paper because the argument is completely absurd. Say someone experiences a large amount of pain in their lives, but still helps people, heroically stops an insane utilitarian from forcing people to be wireheaded, and generally has great and loving relationships. I don't see how you can establish an arbitrary limit L on the amount of "goodness" in his life (if such a thing can even be quantified).