3 ms·
I believe that the person you are responding to is basically telling you that 'utilitarianism' is an unethical moral view, to them. Either that, or that there i
by kian 5y ago
I believe that the person you are responding to is basically telling you that 'utilitarianism' is an unethical moral view, to them. Either that, or that there is no utilitarian who is capable of competently calculating the cost of eroding public trust on future life loss, and therefor one should not engage in it.
- jjgreen 5y agoExactly this, I agree with Kant who considered utilitarianism a morality fit only for English shopkeepers.
- dekhn 5y agounfortunately, if you drop utilitarianism (or generally, any sort of philosophy like consequentialism) you run the risk of making decisions that could lead to massive pain and suffering to be "morally correct". Nearly all modern philosophy is a combination of moral ethics (of which few people can agree on even what morals are right) and consequentialism (make decisions based on what the expected outcome will be) based on wise choices.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- kian 5y agoAs long as the ends are not the justification for the means...
- dekhn 5y agoI think those utilitarians are called "public health officials" and I do trust their ability to estimate- not fully calculate- those costs.