What it means to “average” or “sum” the utility functions of individuals needs definition.
meh. That’s gone over well enough in the literature.
I don’t think that if e.g. the Amish decide to reproduce such that we expect them to be half the population in 100 years, then the expected personal utility of that half of the population should be weighed at less than half of the 100 years from now population (i.e. less valuable per capita). This may just be my selfish genes (or anti-Amish bias!) speaking.
This didn’t make sense to me. Did you forget that you were making a negative statement?
meh. That’s gone over well enough in the literature.
This didn’t make sense to me. Did you forget that you were making a negative statement?
It’s hard to have a sensible conversation about it without the definition, though.
Yep, Franken-edit. I’ve removed the extra negative for posterity.