Not sure I can offer you a demonstration of the main thesis, but I was hoping that people would share my intuition about the two lakes case. (Also see the Kagan burning building case in note 2.) The reference to Parfit was only for those who have doubts that one should save the greater number.
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Not sure I can offer you a demonstration of the main thesis, but I was hoping that people would share my intuition about the two lakes case. (Also see the Kagan burning building case in note 2.) The reference to Parfit was only for those who have doubts that one should save the greater number.