Episode 135: Utilitarianism and Moral Identity
Very Bad Wizards
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Utilitarianism
There is a point at which he says, well, fuck integrity. Why do you care so much about this cohesion of the person and their identity as a moral agent? And their projects. This is where I'm maybe you can help me out understanding why he thinks this is a defeating point. If you're going to bite the bullet, there has to be a you that's biting the bullet. There have to be a moral you. That's what utilitarianism is attacking. It's fracturing you as amoral agent to the degree that there's nothing left of you as a moral being to bite that bullet. The critique works either way, I think.
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