I’m taking an entire course called “Weird Forms of Consequentialism”, so please clarify—when you say “utilitarianism”, do you speak here of direct, actual-consequence, evaluative, hedonic, maximizing, aggregative, total, universal, equal, agent-neutral consequentialism?
I’m familiar with Bentham, Mill, Singer, Eliezer, and random snippets of utilitarian theory I picked up here and there. I’m not confident enough with my taxonomy to use quite so many adjectives with confidence. I will add that article to the list of things to read.
I agree that your course sounds awesome. If you hear anything particularly enlightening, please turn it into an LW post.
It is one. I am taking it for its awesomeness in spite of the professor being a mean person who considered it appropriate to schedule the class from seven to nine-thirty in the evening. (His scheduling decision and his meanness are separate qualities.)
I’m taking an entire course called “Weird Forms of Consequentialism”, so please clarify—when you say “utilitarianism”, do you speak here of direct, actual-consequence, evaluative, hedonic, maximizing, aggregative, total, universal, equal, agent-neutral consequentialism?
Uh.....er....maybe!
I’m familiar with Bentham, Mill, Singer, Eliezer, and random snippets of utilitarian theory I picked up here and there. I’m not confident enough with my taxonomy to use quite so many adjectives with confidence. I will add that article to the list of things to read.
I agree that your course sounds awesome. If you hear anything particularly enlightening, please turn it into an LW post.
I may well do that! Thank you for asking.
Edit: I just made a post linking something called two-tier consequentialism to a post of Eliezer’s.
Seconded.
This sounds like an awesome course.
It is one. I am taking it for its awesomeness in spite of the professor being a mean person who considered it appropriate to schedule the class from seven to nine-thirty in the evening. (His scheduling decision and his meanness are separate qualities.)
Could you give us the course website?