There are many ways of framing the situation, looking for models of what’s going on that have radically different shapes. It’s crucial to establish some sort of clarity about what kind of model we are looking for, what kind of questions or judgements we are trying to develop. You seem to be conflating a lot of this, so I gave examples of importantly different framings. Some of these might fit what you are looking for, or help with noticing specific cases where they are getting mixed up.
I feel like I was reasonably clear that the major concern was about how utilitarianism interacts with being human, as much of the focus is on moral luck.
Insofar as an intelligent boat can be made miserable by failing to live up to an impossible moral system, well, I don’t know, maybe don’t design it that way.
There are many ways of framing the situation, looking for models of what’s going on that have radically different shapes. It’s crucial to establish some sort of clarity about what kind of model we are looking for, what kind of questions or judgements we are trying to develop. You seem to be conflating a lot of this, so I gave examples of importantly different framings. Some of these might fit what you are looking for, or help with noticing specific cases where they are getting mixed up.
I feel like I was reasonably clear that the major concern was about how utilitarianism interacts with being human, as much of the focus is on moral luck.
Insofar as an intelligent boat can be made miserable by failing to live up to an impossible moral system, well, I don’t know, maybe don’t design it that way.