FWIW I think that the majority of laypeople becoming convinced of act utilitarianism and/or utilitarianism becoming less socially stigmatised in popular culture, newspapers and other media would likely have pretty bad consequences for society, given what the average person is like. But I'm not gonna debate this further point with you, gi…
FWIW I think that the majority of laypeople becoming convinced of act utilitarianism and/or utilitarianism becoming less socially stigmatised in popular culture, newspapers and other media would likely have pretty bad consequences for society, given what the average person is like. But I'm not gonna debate this further point with you, given that this has been going on for a long time and I have other stuff to do, as I'm sure do you
It probably depends how it's done ("become convinced of utilitarianism" is a massively under-described process). But it'd seem interesting enough even if you were merely committed to wishing the most conscientious, epistemically responsible, and morally-motivated individuals to become (competent, instrumentally rational) utilitarians.
FWIW I think that the majority of laypeople becoming convinced of act utilitarianism and/or utilitarianism becoming less socially stigmatised in popular culture, newspapers and other media would likely have pretty bad consequences for society, given what the average person is like. But I'm not gonna debate this further point with you, given that this has been going on for a long time and I have other stuff to do, as I'm sure do you
It probably depends how it's done ("become convinced of utilitarianism" is a massively under-described process). But it'd seem interesting enough even if you were merely committed to wishing the most conscientious, epistemically responsible, and morally-motivated individuals to become (competent, instrumentally rational) utilitarians.