Hmm, in response, one might claim that if we accept Pareto (in deterministic finite cases), we should accept Ex Ante Pareto + Anteriority (including Goodsell’s version), too, and if we accept Separability in deterministic finite cases, we should accept it in uncertain and possibly unbounded but finite cases, too. This would be because the arguments for the stronger principles are similar to the arguments for the weaker more restricted setting ones. So, there would be little reason to satisfy Pareto and Separability only in bounded and/or deterministic cases.
Impartiality + (Ex Ante Pareto or Separability) doesn’t work in unbounded but finite uncertain cases, but because of this, we should also doubt Impartiality + (Pareto or Separability) in unbounded but finite deterministic cases. And that counts against a lot more than just utilitarianism.
Hmm, in response, one might claim that if we accept Pareto (in deterministic finite cases), we should accept Ex Ante Pareto + Anteriority (including Goodsell’s version), too, and if we accept Separability in deterministic finite cases, we should accept it in uncertain and possibly unbounded but finite cases, too. This would be because the arguments for the stronger principles are similar to the arguments for the weaker more restricted setting ones. So, there would be little reason to satisfy Pareto and Separability only in bounded and/or deterministic cases.
Impartiality + (Ex Ante Pareto or Separability) doesn’t work in unbounded but finite uncertain cases, but because of this, we should also doubt Impartiality + (Pareto or Separability) in unbounded but finite deterministic cases. And that counts against a lot more than just utilitarianism.