Not the original responder but wanted to jump in anyway, hope that’s ok!
This seems likely to fail even in utilitarian or expected value terms. As you mentioned, the employment consequences (and/or consequences for the CCG program as a whole) would be serious, and even with a small chance of being caught, I reckon the expected value would be net negative.
But even if that weren’t true, I think you should take seriously that it would feel pretty repugnant; taking common-sense morality into account alongside utilitarianism is important IMO.
Having said all that, your efforts to find ways to do more good are commendable; thank you for thinking about this and engaging about it here! I just think you should focus those efforts on tactics that are above board.
Not the original responder but wanted to jump in anyway, hope that’s ok!
This seems likely to fail even in utilitarian or expected value terms. As you mentioned, the employment consequences (and/or consequences for the CCG program as a whole) would be serious, and even with a small chance of being caught, I reckon the expected value would be net negative.
But even if that weren’t true, I think you should take seriously that it would feel pretty repugnant; taking common-sense morality into account alongside utilitarianism is important IMO.
Having said all that, your efforts to find ways to do more good are commendable; thank you for thinking about this and engaging about it here! I just think you should focus those efforts on tactics that are above board.