I think I’ve found one of the factors (besides scope insensivity) involved in the intuitive choice: in real life, a small amount of harm inflicted n times to one person has negative side-effects which don’t happen when you inflict it once to n persons. Even though there aren’t any in this thought experiment, we are so used to it we probably take it into account (at least I did).
I think I’ve found one of the factors (besides scope insensivity) involved in the intuitive choice: in real life, a small amount of harm inflicted n times to one person has negative side-effects which don’t happen when you inflict it once to n persons. Even though there aren’t any in this thought experiment, we are so used to it we probably take it into account (at least I did).