Executive summary: The post outlines various moral reasons why plausible minimalist views do not recommend absurd acts like murder or sabotaging healthcare.
Key points:
Minimalist views are broader than purely consequentialist views focused solely on conscious experiences. They are compatible with virtue ethics, deontology, social contract theory, care ethics, and moral skepticism.
Even for consequentialist minimalist views, acts like murder could have intrinsic disvalue. Wellbeing could include more than conscious experiences.
Rule consequentialism would oppose allowing murder, as this risks catastrophic outcomes from escalating conflict.
The multi-level approach recommends heuristics like respecting rights and cooperation, which best enable constructive solutions.
For any view giving weight to outcomes, the multi-level approach provides reasons to oppose absurd acts and pursue cooperative goals.
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Executive summary: The post outlines various moral reasons why plausible minimalist views do not recommend absurd acts like murder or sabotaging healthcare.
Key points:
Minimalist views are broader than purely consequentialist views focused solely on conscious experiences. They are compatible with virtue ethics, deontology, social contract theory, care ethics, and moral skepticism.
Even for consequentialist minimalist views, acts like murder could have intrinsic disvalue. Wellbeing could include more than conscious experiences.
Rule consequentialism would oppose allowing murder, as this risks catastrophic outcomes from escalating conflict.
The multi-level approach recommends heuristics like respecting rights and cooperation, which best enable constructive solutions.
For any view giving weight to outcomes, the multi-level approach provides reasons to oppose absurd acts and pursue cooperative goals.
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