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You say "allows for immoral behaviour", but no system of ethics allows for immoral behaviour by definition. What you're presenting are, for a consequentialist,
by rhn_mk1 4y ago
You say "allows for immoral behaviour", but no system of ethics allows for immoral behaviour by definition.
What you're presenting are, for a consequentialist, the choices between two evils:
- do I pay taxes or give away to charities?
- do I do fraud or let evil AI go on a rampage?
- do I sacrifice my children or let the Romans kill us?
You can't argue for things that have no positive consequence: the child sacrifice sounds dumb to us because we see the alternatives as independent. If you only consider either/or choices, the number of things you can justify as a consequentialist becomes limited.