I’m noticing two ways of interpreting/reacting to this argument:
“This is incredibly off-putting; these consequentialists aren’t unlike charismatic sociopaths who will try to match my behavior to achieve hidden goals that I find abhorrent” (see e.g. Andy Bernard from The Office; currently, this is the interpretation that feels most salient to me)
“This is like a value handshake between consequentialists and the rest of society: consequentialists may have different values than many other people (perhaps really only at the tail ends of morality), but it’s worth putting aside our differences and working together to solve the problems we all care about rather than fighting battles that result in predictable loss”
I’m noticing two ways of interpreting/reacting to this argument:
“This is incredibly off-putting; these consequentialists aren’t unlike charismatic sociopaths who will try to match my behavior to achieve hidden goals that I find abhorrent” (see e.g. Andy Bernard from The Office; currently, this is the interpretation that feels most salient to me)
“This is like a value handshake between consequentialists and the rest of society: consequentialists may have different values than many other people (perhaps really only at the tail ends of morality), but it’s worth putting aside our differences and working together to solve the problems we all care about rather than fighting battles that result in predictable loss”