@sarahdoingthing about ethics in general, but going back to original I doubt it’s what they had in mind. http://anglicansonline.org/basics/thirty-nine_articles.html …
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@sarahdoingthing In context, it’s an implication of “sola fide,” which is an orthogonal point (and irrelevant to non-Christians).1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing Supererogation is important and deserves more attention I think.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing I realized only recently that utilitarianism does not allow supererogation; everything not compulsory is forbidden.4 replies 2 retweets 5 likes -
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@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing from social strategies of the form "if you don't do the strictly best thing, you should feel terrible".1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MemberOfSpecies Agreed, but let me see if I can steelman your objection further… Separate measure of goodness from threshold of adequacy.4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness Yes, that sounds right, and it seems to me "adequacy" applies on the same level as "praiseworthy" or "blameworthy".1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MemberOfSpecies The importance of supererogation is in creating a zone of freedom between compulsory and forbidden.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness Intuitions around "compulsory"/"forbidden" come from conflict between agents. The words seem misleading applied to theories.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness (To the extent the utilitarianism hypothesis is an agent that you interact with psychologically and are punished/rewarded by,1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@MemberOfSpecies Yes, interesting way of looking at it… is there a developed theory along those lines, or is this a new thought of yours?
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@Meaningness I'm not sure. I'm rusty on the official ideas/terminology. Priors are against people's ideas being both new and correct.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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