It usually goes without saying, but we assume for such examples that the aggregate harm done over all parties is higher than the aggregate good.
The problem here is that the expected utility of acting against coal plants is too small to be worth doing at all. That is, once we solve microtransactions (in practice, rather than in theory), this problem may be much more tractable.
It usually goes without saying, but we assume for such examples that the aggregate harm done over all parties is higher than the aggregate good.
The problem here is that the expected utility of acting against coal plants is too small to be worth doing at all. That is, once we solve microtransactions (in practice, rather than in theory), this problem may be much more tractable.