I agree that most utilitarians already thought act utilitarianism as a decision procedure was bad. Still, it’s important that more folks can see this, with higher confidence, so that this can be prevented from happening again.
I think I agree that the St Petersburg paradox issue is orthogonal to choice of decision procedure (unless placing the bet requires engaging in a norm-violating activity like fraud).
I agree that most utilitarians already thought act utilitarianism as a decision procedure was bad. Still, it’s important that more folks can see this, with higher confidence, so that this can be prevented from happening again.
I think I agree that the St Petersburg paradox issue is orthogonal to choice of decision procedure (unless placing the bet requires engaging in a norm-violating activity like fraud).
Risking the entire earth seems like a norm violation to me