The argument wasn’t about sympathy, and Utilitarianism also doesn’t care about whether you personally like those people.
You also don’t control anybody in all those acausal trade scenarios, and these are still useful ways to coordinate or at least discuss whether they work.
The amount of asymmetry sure plays a role but doesn’t invalidate the argument but just weighs it.
Why the caps? I think the OP’s view gets people emotional, and emotion distracts from appreciating reasonable observations.
The argument wasn’t about sympathy, and Utilitarianism also doesn’t care about whether you personally like those people.
You also don’t control anybody in all those acausal trade scenarios, and these are still useful ways to coordinate or at least discuss whether they work.
The amount of asymmetry sure plays a role but doesn’t invalidate the argument but just weighs it.
Why the caps? I think the OP’s view gets people emotional, and emotion distracts from appreciating reasonable observations.