@sarahdoingthing Supererogation is important and deserves more attention I think.
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Replying to @Meaningness
@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 -
Replying to @MemberOfSpecies
@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 -
Replying to @Meaningness
@MemberOfSpecies Logically, zone of freedom might be no more dependent on social ideas than utility consequences.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MemberOfSpecies Logically, one might think in terms of numerical upper and lower limits—although I don’t think that could work at all.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MemberOfSpecies (not sure I’m communicating here… 140 chars is sometimes not the right medium for philosophy!)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@MemberOfSpecies *never* the right medium for philosophy...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@Jayarava @MemberOfSpecies We seem to be doing OK so far in this discussion, though! (Albeit with handwaves at unwritten tomes)
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