Yeah, it's tricky. I think one thing that can help to reconcile theory and practice here is to remember that the moral "should" connotes a sense of *demand* or requirement that doesn't really have any place in utilitarian theory. It would be both more accurate and less stress-inducing to simply say that it would be *even better* to giv…
Yeah, it's tricky. I think one thing that can help to reconcile theory and practice here is to remember that the moral "should" connotes a sense of *demand* or requirement that doesn't really have any place in utilitarian theory. It would be both more accurate and less stress-inducing to simply say that it would be *even better* to give more. I expanded upon this theme in my earlier response to Caplan: https://rychappell.substack.com/p/caplans-conscience-objection-to-utilitarianism
Yeah, it's tricky. I think one thing that can help to reconcile theory and practice here is to remember that the moral "should" connotes a sense of *demand* or requirement that doesn't really have any place in utilitarian theory. It would be both more accurate and less stress-inducing to simply say that it would be *even better* to give more. I expanded upon this theme in my earlier response to Caplan: https://rychappell.substack.com/p/caplans-conscience-objection-to-utilitarianism