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Procreative Ethics | Rivka Weinberg

Brain in a Vat

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The Power of Utilitarianism

i don't think you need any dishwashers or parfits to have this we'll just go to your example of hopefully mark is making you doubt your utilitarianism and let's say he says the project of so. The value of having an influence on you is something that is outside of him but it is in his life otherwise he would not care about it. So i think the problem stays exactly the same whether he's dead or alive whether your grandma does dishwasher is there or not. It drains your agency it makes it more diffuse do you know how much meaning applies to you and i think you have like you don't have ultimate meaning either and now i'm not sure about your everyday

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