@sarahdoingthing Jim’s interpretation of “Works of Supererogation, cannot be taught without arrogancy and impiety” seems important insight >
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@sarahdoingthing I realized only recently that utilitarianism does not allow supererogation; everything not compulsory is forbidden.
@Meaningness @sarahdoingthing from social strategies of the form "if you don't do the strictly best thing, you should feel terrible".
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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. -
@MemberOfSpecies However, I don’t see a way to get adequacy threshold out of utilitarianism by itself; needs supplement outside that theory.
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