tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post116284453251296634..comments2024-01-28T00:20:40.933-08:00Comments on Agoraphilia: Voting, Altruism, and Total vs. Average UtilitarianismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1163364193938345202006-11-12T12:43:00.000-08:002006-11-12T12:43:00.000-08:00Is it not also the case that if you vote, then peo...Is it not also the case that if you vote, then people like you are more likely to vote too?<BR/>(Actually I think it probably isn't, but I can't work out why not)<BR/><A HREF="http://anomalyuk.blogspot.com/2005/03/electoral-metaphysics.html" REL="nofollow">The question in more detail</A>Anomaly UKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664826295127502774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1162888571686277432006-11-07T00:36:00.000-08:002006-11-07T00:36:00.000-08:00"If he assumes that the benefit scales w/ the numb..."If he assumes that the benefit scales w/ the number of people but the chance of effecting does not...well, that's completely bogus to the point of being intellectually dishonest."<BR/><BR/>I don't think he makes an assumption either way. He appears to be working with a fixed population (300 million) and a fixed likelihood of your vote making a difference (1 in 100 million).Glen Whitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01425907466575991113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1162879471355767772006-11-06T22:04:00.000-08:002006-11-06T22:04:00.000-08:00I think I agree with Loren Lomasky that many peopl...I think I agree with <A HREF="http://perspicuity.net/sd/tbac.html" REL="nofollow">Loren Lomasky</A> that many people vote for expressive, rather than instrumental, reasons.Gilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16905127825110313631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1162866179353042162006-11-06T18:22:00.000-08:002006-11-06T18:22:00.000-08:00I'm not going to vote this time round. I don't wan...I'm not going to vote this time round. I don't want to take the time to become an "informed" voter. I suppose I could vote "no" on all the propositions. Then again, I could vote "yes" on all of them. Or, I could yes on some and no on others. Or, I could skip the confusing ones. Or, I could vote yes or no on the confusing ones depending on how I felt at the moment. I could vote all the incumbents out, or I could vote to retain some or all of the them. I could go on and on with what I could do, or not do. I could vote a straight party ticket or I could mix and match. I could vote for abortion or gay marriage or I could choose to forget the whole thing. Do I sound apathetic to you, or merely pathetic?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com