Deep down consequentialism is a judgmental philosophy that evaluates world states as better or worse.
It’s going to be interesting to see how the field of ethics (esp. population ethics) evolves as philosophers take phenomenology seriously (in particular exotic states, many of which Buddhists have explored and described in excruciating detail for centuries), not to mention things like open individualism or mixed valence.
Thanks for sharing! I think you might enjoy in this conversation with Roger Thisdell about classical enlightenment and valence structuralism, which touches on some of the points you raise. (You probably also saw Scott Alexander’s In What Sense Is Life Suffering?)
It’s going to be interesting to see how the field of ethics (esp. population ethics) evolves as philosophers take phenomenology seriously (in particular exotic states, many of which Buddhists have explored and described in excruciating detail for centuries), not to mention things like open individualism or mixed valence.