The Legendary Dragon Alephwyr, named Alephwyr, BA

twitter spazzes out over intro to ethical philosophy concepts once again!https://twitter.com/BW/status/1399538145201426442 …

enjoying the people doing moral outrage over the mere discussion of a paradox in utilitarianismhttps://twitter.com/snapwilson/status/1399550019267547139?s=20 …

the whole purpose of discussing paradoxes like this, is to assess the strengths and weaknesses of different branches of moral philosophy, to understand how they do/do not map on to our preexisting ethical intuitions.

getting angry about the repugnant conclusion, is like getting mad about the Utility Monster. it's a fucking thought exercise to examine the limits of utilitarianism, it's not some sinister threat by an elite cabal, or whatever the fuck people are going on about here.

I mean it could be. A utilitarian UFAI might just create as many different people as possible for instance. It's only one step away from credible threat

it's possible, it's also possible that manmade viruses or nuclear annihilation will destroy the earth, so idk how highly i rank utilitarian philosophers as a threat