The Nearer The Dearer

This chapter asks whether it is rationally permissible to assign less weight to the values of my other selves in line with the proximity of the values of those other selves to my current values. It argues that it is. It then introduces the Stoicism objection to the Aggregate Utility Solution. This says that you should never be rationally required to change your values in order to increase your utility, and it claims that this is required by the Aggregate Utility Solution in certain situations. The chapter then explains how the conclusions of the earlier part of the chapter give us the tools to answer that objection.

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