Because, if you endorse utilitarianism then it generates a lot of confusion about the theory of rational agents, which makes you think there are more unsolved questions than there really are[2].
Are you alluding to agents with VNM utility functions here?
Are you alluding to agents with VNM utility functions here?
I’m endorsing VNM. The confusion I’m talking about is things like, agents with non-finite or unbounded utility functions, agents with discontinuous utility functions, the paradoxes of population ethics et cetera.