That may be fair. Although, if what you’re saying is that the bombings weren’t actually justified when one uses utilitarian reasoning, then the horror of the bombings can’t really be an argument against utilitarianism (although I suppose it could be an argument against being an impulsive utilitarian without giving due consideration to all your options).
Yeah, I didn’t meant to imply you had. This whole Hiroshima convo got us quite off topic. The original point was that Ben was concerned about digital beings outnumbering humans. I think that concern originates from some misplaced feeling that humans have some special status on account of being human.
That may be fair. Although, if what you’re saying is that the bombings weren’t actually justified when one uses utilitarian reasoning, then the horror of the bombings can’t really be an argument against utilitarianism (although I suppose it could be an argument against being an impulsive utilitarian without giving due consideration to all your options).
I did not use the bombings as an argument against utilitarianism.
Yeah, I didn’t meant to imply you had. This whole Hiroshima convo got us quite off topic. The original point was that Ben was concerned about digital beings outnumbering humans. I think that concern originates from some misplaced feeling that humans have some special status on account of being human.