Well, you can argue that the hypothetical situation is sufficiently exotic that you don’t expect your intuitions to be reliable there.
It’s actually pretty reasonable to me to say that the shallow pond example is simple, realistic and important, compared to the repugnant conclusion, which is abstract, unusual, unreliable and hence useless.
Well, you can argue that the hypothetical situation is sufficiently exotic that you don’t expect your intuitions to be reliable there.
It’s actually pretty reasonable to me to say that the shallow pond example is simple, realistic and important, compared to the repugnant conclusion, which is abstract, unusual, unreliable and hence useless.