Not saying I believe Assange's model of the world, but consequentialism hinges on probabilities about counterfactual outcomes not personal virtue. The archetypical effective altruist should be Machiavellian on the margin.
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Regarding the right to hold a belief, cf. Wm. K. Clifford, Ethics of Belief, http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/Clifford_ethics.pdf …
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Are you defending Assange here???
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He is commenting on how from Assange's twisted POV his actions follow logically
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Utilitarianism is the root of all evil
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