FWIW, there’s a sense in which total utilitarianism is my 2nd favourite view: I like its symmetry and I think it has the right approach to aggregation. In so far as I am totalist, I don’t find the repugnant conclusion repugant. I just have issues with comparativism and impersonal value.
It’s not obvious to me totalism does ‘swamp’ if one appeals to moral uncertainty, but that’s another promissory note.
Glad we made some progress!
FWIW, there’s a sense in which total utilitarianism is my 2nd favourite view: I like its symmetry and I think it has the right approach to aggregation. In so far as I am totalist, I don’t find the repugnant conclusion repugant. I just have issues with comparativism and impersonal value.
It’s not obvious to me totalism does ‘swamp’ if one appeals to moral uncertainty, but that’s another promissory note.
Anyway, a useful discussion.
Definitely a useful discussion and I look forward to seeing you write more on all of this!