I never said it doesn't. In fact I opened this thread by writing "The very idea that there is some measusable "utility" to compare in the two cases, independent from your moral values and sentiments, is inane".
That is, it's the independent from the person, measurable, utility (as per the example in TFA/theory) that I called BS.
>but quickly becomes useless for anything in the real world
My sentiments exactly.
>All that matters is at some point you weight all the factors you consider important and make a decision based on them. You can come up with a complex formula to put numbers to it, or just go with a "gut feeling" (in many cases others are involved - perhaps a spouse). Regardless you have made a utility function for your situation.
Sure. But none of this has much to do with the theory as presented in the post's examples...
I never said it doesn't. In fact I opened this thread by writing "The very idea that there is some measusable "utility" to compare in the two cases, independent from your moral values and sentiments, is inane".
That is, it's the independent from the person, measurable, utility (as per the example in TFA/theory) that I called BS.
>but quickly becomes useless for anything in the real world
My sentiments exactly.
>All that matters is at some point you weight all the factors you consider important and make a decision based on them. You can come up with a complex formula to put numbers to it, or just go with a "gut feeling" (in many cases others are involved - perhaps a spouse). Regardless you have made a utility function for your situation.
Sure. But none of this has much to do with the theory as presented in the post's examples...