Why require surety, when we can reason statistically? There’ve been maybe ten comparably-sized frauds ever, so on expectation, hardline act utilitarians like Sam have been responsible for 5% of the worst frauds, while they represent maybe 1/50M of the world’s population (based on what I know of his views 5-10yrs ago). So we get a risk ratio of about a million to 1, more than enough to worry about.
Anyway, perhaps it’s not worth arguing, since it might become clearer over time what his philosophical commitments were.
Why require surety, when we can reason statistically? There’ve been maybe ten comparably-sized frauds ever, so on expectation, hardline act utilitarians like Sam have been responsible for 5% of the worst frauds, while they represent maybe 1/50M of the world’s population (based on what I know of his views 5-10yrs ago). So we get a risk ratio of about a million to 1, more than enough to worry about.
Anyway, perhaps it’s not worth arguing, since it might become clearer over time what his philosophical commitments were.