Utilitarianism does.https://twitter.com/Meaningness/status/1168595515056873477 …
Do you know of a framework that gets specific enough about what it is supererogatory that it provides concrete guidance in practice?
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Utilitarianism does in the sense that only expected-utility-maximizing actions are permissible, and all possible actions are cardinally ranked by their expected utility.
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That seems to deny that there are supererogatory acts (ie optimal but not required)?
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I haven’t encountered anything beyond “well, yes, but we can solve the demandingness problem by admitting supererogation, here’s a vague thought-experiment example of a supererogatory act”
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