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I deny that additivity implies fungibility. Two goods of value 2 and 3 could be replaced with distinct goods of value 1 and 4, and the result would be *equally good* (worth choosing), but it's a further question whether the tradeoff is a matter of indifference (as between fungible goods) or of ambivalen…
Sure, see: https://www.utilitarianism.net/introduction-to-utilitarianism/#what-is-utilitarianism
I deny that additivity implies fungibility. Two goods of value 2 and 3 could be replaced with distinct goods of value 1 and 4, and the result would be *equally good* (worth choosing), but it's a further question whether the tradeoff is a matter of indifference (as between fungible goods) or of ambivalence (if you have *different reasons*, of equal weight, to regret either loss). I explain this view further in my paper 'Value Receptacles', linked in the OP.