Isn’t that a common distinction among philosophers? I recall that there’s a technical name for it.
Yeah, and among common intuitions I think. But I thought EAs were mostly consequentialists, so the intended role of obligations is not obvious to me.
I thought EAs were mostly consequentialists
I think the survey of EAs from the start of the year picked up a few hundred non-consequentialists. It had a high %age of consequentialists, but emphasized this figure shouldn’t be taken as covering all EAs out there.
Philosophers call good acts that aren’t obligations ‘supererogatory’.
Isn’t that a common distinction among philosophers? I recall that there’s a technical name for it.
Yeah, and among common intuitions I think. But I thought EAs were mostly consequentialists, so the intended role of obligations is not obvious to me.
I think the survey of EAs from the start of the year picked up a few hundred non-consequentialists. It had a high %age of consequentialists, but emphasized this figure shouldn’t be taken as covering all EAs out there.
Philosophers call good acts that aren’t obligations ‘supererogatory’.