
Highlights: #163 – Toby Ord on the perils of maximising the good that you do
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Understanding Naive Utilitarianism and its Misconceptions
The right decision process for doing the most good is discussed./nNaive utilitarianism is explained as treating the standard of what leads to the best happiness as a decision procedure./nUtilitarianism states that it is a criterion of rightness for different actions./nThe gold standard for determining whether an action is right or wrong is utilitarianism, but it is possible to systematically fail in attempting to follow it.
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