I see what you’re getting at here. But if we agree that the externalities of crime aren’t internalized, then I think we’re just back in the position of the original post. You think the act utilitarian calculus checks you, I’m both skeptical that it does and think that there are non-act-utilitarian reasons why we ought to avoid lawbreaking.
I see what you’re getting at here. But if we agree that the externalities of crime aren’t internalized, then I think we’re just back in the position of the original post. You think the act utilitarian calculus checks you, I’m both skeptical that it does and think that there are non-act-utilitarian reasons why we ought to avoid lawbreaking.