Right, the “default” critique is why people (myself included) are consequentialists. But I think the view outlined in this post is patently absurd and nobody actually believes it. Trade 3 means that you would have no reservations about killing a (very) happy person for a couple utilons!
Oh, the view here only says that it’s fine to prevent a happy person from coming into existence, not that it’s fine to kill an already existing person.
Right, the “default” critique is why people (myself included) are consequentialists. But I think the view outlined in this post is patently absurd and nobody actually believes it. Trade 3 means that you would have no reservations about killing a (very) happy person for a couple utilons!
Oh, the view here only says that it’s fine to prevent a happy person from coming into existence, not that it’s fine to kill an already existing person.