I don’t think this is significant. The use of the word “consumption” is interchangeable with purchasing in economic contexts. The use of the word “marginal” is possibly superfluous. However, I think there’s an interpretation that makes sense here, where an individual is increasing total suffering “at the margin” by virtue of their consumption. That is, they are not responsible for the whole of the suffering, but the marginal increase in suffering caused by their personal consumption. The language is unclear, but I would not agree that it is a significant error (unless you consider unclarity or vagueness to be significant mistakes).
2-4 I agree with you. I particularly appreciate the point about ‘naive vs. non-naive’.
Thanks for writing this.
I don’t think this is significant. The use of the word “consumption” is interchangeable with purchasing in economic contexts. The use of the word “marginal” is possibly superfluous. However, I think there’s an interpretation that makes sense here, where an individual is increasing total suffering “at the margin” by virtue of their consumption. That is, they are not responsible for the whole of the suffering, but the marginal increase in suffering caused by their personal consumption. The language is unclear, but I would not agree that it is a significant error (unless you consider unclarity or vagueness to be significant mistakes).
2-4 I agree with you. I particularly appreciate the point about ‘naive vs. non-naive’.
cheers