Actually the repugnant conclusion yes, preference aggregation no, because you have to aggregate individual humans’ preferences.
And what if preferences cannot be measured by a common “ruler”? What then?
I agree that preference aggregation is hard. Wei dai and nick Bostrom have both made proposals based upon agents negotiating with some deadline or constraint.
Actually the repugnant conclusion yes, preference aggregation no, because you have to aggregate individual humans’ preferences.
And what if preferences cannot be measured by a common “ruler”? What then?
I agree that preference aggregation is hard. Wei dai and nick Bostrom have both made proposals based upon agents negotiating with some deadline or constraint.