For some classes of meta-ethical dilemmas, Moral Uncertainty recommends using variance voting, which requires you to know the mean and variance of each theory under consideration.
How is this applied in practice? Say I give 95% weight to Total Utilitarianism and 5% weight to Average Utilitarianism, and I’m evaluating an intervention that’s valued differently by each theory. Do I literally attempt to calculate values for variance? Or am I just reasoning abstractly about possible values?
For some classes of meta-ethical dilemmas, Moral Uncertainty recommends using variance voting, which requires you to know the mean and variance of each theory under consideration.
How is this applied in practice? Say I give 95% weight to Total Utilitarianism and 5% weight to Average Utilitarianism, and I’m evaluating an intervention that’s valued differently by each theory. Do I literally attempt to calculate values for variance? Or am I just reasoning abstractly about possible values?