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Rationally Speaking #181 - William MacAskill on "Moral Uncertainty"

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The Utilitarian Voting System

If you had 59% cleadence and utilitarianism, it would win often, but it wouldn't always win. It can be the case that because you're ranking these different actions, you can choose an action that is not the most preferred according to any model view. Perhaps it's just second best, according to all the model views in which you've got some degree of belief,. Even though it's top, like most preferred, according to none. The overall voting still works. It would just have many tied options.

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