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The constraints of decision theory are only there to help you win, they don't specify what constitutes a win. Rationality in and of itself cannot constrain what you want, except insofar as what you thought you wanted was logically contradictory and couldn't exist anyway. Concisely, the utility function is not up for grabs.

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