Jusjust Flip a Coin

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Ai: 'Pure utilitarianism, whether of the cardinal or oridinal variety, is self undercutting. It needs to pull in values from outside of the utility itself' i'm a big believer in competition to make the world a better place, under some constraints,' he says. Ai believes there should be a jewish state and that anti- sematism is becoming more common.

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