The problem I have with categorical dismissals of utilitarianism is that different flavors of utilitarianisms can be radically different depending on how one defines utility and the time horizon one takes into account. For example, I'm not sure how a utilitarianism that reasoned https://twitter.com/dimashqee/status/997291336612147201 …
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on a civilizational scale or a generational scale would be functionally much different from, for example, a natural rights based moral philosophy
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You can argue that most non utilitarian moral philosophies are simply a form of utilitarianism with more sensible parameters than 19th century "utilitarians"
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