The problem is that reducing the amount of damage is not the same thing as maximizing value. It’s not utilitarian.
If you are faced with making a decision that gives 99% of people +1 utility but 1% −10 utility, an approached that targets damage reduction means that you make a choice to leave 0.89 utility for the average person on the table.
So the social justice project, as I understand it, is to enrich our models of humans to make sure that as many of them as possible are taken into consideration.
Giving someone consideration is not enough from a critical theory perspective. Consideration is not equity. Equity is about also giving them power to take part in the decision making.
The problem is that reducing the amount of damage is not the same thing as maximizing value. It’s not utilitarian.
If you are faced with making a decision that gives 99% of people +1 utility but 1% −10 utility, an approached that targets damage reduction means that you make a choice to leave 0.89 utility for the average person on the table.
Giving someone consideration is not enough from a critical theory perspective. Consideration is not equity. Equity is about also giving them power to take part in the decision making.