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The Football Supporter Approach to Moral Philosophy
Many people have what I call the football supporter approach to moral philosophy. They will say, oh, well, I'm a utilitarian in the same way as they might say, yeah, I'm an Arsenal fan or Rangers fan. But that's very different from having a certain degree of belief in it. That's how we ought to be using them politically because they're not taking into account their model values. Let's talk about what it means to be wrong, better moral values. If I were to express my empirical uncertainty, that can be cashed out in something meaningful.