Well, that’s a matter of semantics. I could say “I don’t want to maximize utility added up among all people”, or I could say “I assign greater utility to people closer to me, and I want to maximize utility given that assignment”. Is that EA? If you phrase it the second way, it sort of is, but if you phrase it the first, it isn’t.
Also, I probably should add “and people who think like me” after “countrymen”. For instance, I don’t really care about the negative utility some people get when others commit blasphemy.
Well, that’s a matter of semantics. I could say “I don’t want to maximize utility added up among all people”, or I could say “I assign greater utility to people closer to me, and I want to maximize utility given that assignment”. Is that EA? If you phrase it the second way, it sort of is, but if you phrase it the first, it isn’t.
Also, I probably should add “and people who think like me” after “countrymen”. For instance, I don’t really care about the negative utility some people get when others commit blasphemy.