But how certain are you about hedonic utilitariansm (maybe give a percentage?). If you’re not completely sure then even considering another theory a little might make you almost disregard nematodes just because of the extreme uncertainty? One major point of this article seems to me that it is very hard to have much certainty about our prevailing moral compass which I completely agree with
Also your probability of negative lives for those animals is so close to 50%, I would have thought that the calculation (Probability of sentience x positive life percentage) would get most humans close to considering Ye Auld Pascall’s Mug
But I know you don’t mind a little bit of a mugging ;).
Thanks for the follow-up, Nick. I put 100 % weight on expectationaltotalhedonisticutilitarianism as I understand it. However, l am still more uncertain about at least some aspects of cause prioritisation than Marcus, like whether saving human lives is benefial or harmful.
But how certain are you about hedonic utilitariansm (maybe give a percentage?). If you’re not completely sure then even considering another theory a little might make you almost disregard nematodes just because of the extreme uncertainty? One major point of this article seems to me that it is very hard to have much certainty about our prevailing moral compass which I completely agree with
Also your probability of negative lives for those animals is so close to 50%, I would have thought that the calculation (Probability of sentience x positive life percentage) would get most humans close to considering Ye Auld Pascall’s Mug
But I know you don’t mind a little bit of a mugging ;).
Thanks for the follow-up, Nick. I put 100 % weight on expectationaltotal hedonistic utilitarianism as I understand it. However, l am still more uncertain about at least some aspects of cause prioritisation than Marcus, like whether saving human lives is benefial or harmful.