I got on a different train long ago. I am not a utilitarian; I am a contractualist who wants ‘maximize utility’ to be a larger part of the social contract (but certainly not the only one).
I haven’t read enough on the topic yet, but my impression is that my train of belief would indeed be something somewhat like ‘a contractualist who wants to maximize utility’.
I got on a different train long ago. I am not a utilitarian; I am a contractualist who wants ‘maximize utility’ to be a larger part of the social contract (but certainly not the only one).
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/YRy48dpRbdNomnJb8/welfare-estimation-102-welfare-is-a-myth
I haven’t read enough on the topic yet, but my impression is that my train of belief would indeed be something somewhat like ‘a contractualist who wants to maximize utility’.