I think this is an excellent definition.
Broadly, I understand it as:
(1) science of applying ethics given limited resources (tentatively impartial welfarist ethics)
(2) deployment of (1).
The omission of normativity has a fifth benefit of clarifying the difference from consequentialism.
I think this is an excellent definition.
Broadly, I understand it as:
(1) science of applying ethics given limited resources (tentatively impartial welfarist ethics)
(2) deployment of (1).
The omission of normativity has a fifth benefit of clarifying the difference from consequentialism.