This is a great article. It seems people constantly use naive utilitarianism as an argument against utilitarianism which just seems wild to me. Even on the basis of an arguing that is self effacing is bad (which seems to be true), utilitarianism arguably isn’t even self effacing some of the time. If utilitarianism is defined as “make the…
This is a great article. It seems people constantly use naive utilitarianism as an argument against utilitarianism which just seems wild to me. Even on the basis of an arguing that is self effacing is bad (which seems to be true), utilitarianism arguably isn’t even self effacing some of the time. If utilitarianism is defined as “make the outcome with most most net positive utility result” as opposed to “take the action that will result in the most net positive utility,” it’s not even telling you to use a different theory when the practical implication would be to not always think about what’s actually going to maximize utility.
This is a great article. It seems people constantly use naive utilitarianism as an argument against utilitarianism which just seems wild to me. Even on the basis of an arguing that is self effacing is bad (which seems to be true), utilitarianism arguably isn’t even self effacing some of the time. If utilitarianism is defined as “make the outcome with most most net positive utility result” as opposed to “take the action that will result in the most net positive utility,” it’s not even telling you to use a different theory when the practical implication would be to not always think about what’s actually going to maximize utility.