Be careful with that word. You seem to be using it to refer to consequentialism, but “utilitarianism” usually refers to a much more specific theory that you would not want to endorse simply because it’s consequentialist.
I mean that the genie makes his decisions based on the consequences of his actions. I guess consequentialism is technically more accurate. According to Wikipedia, utilitarianism is a subset of it, but I’m not really sure what the difference is.
Ok. Yeah, “Consequentialism” or “VNM utilitarianism” is usually used for that concepts to distinguish from the moral theory that says you should make choices consistent with a utility function constructed by some linear aggregation of “welfare” or whatever across all agents.
It would be a tragedy to adopt Utilitarianism just because it is consequentialist.
Right, they are different. A creative rereading of my post could interpret it as talking about two concepts DanielLC might have meant by “utilitarianism”.
If we use deontology, we can control the genie. If we use utilitarianism, we can control the world. I’m more interested in the world than the genie.
Be careful with that word. You seem to be using it to refer to consequentialism, but “utilitarianism” usually refers to a much more specific theory that you would not want to endorse simply because it’s consequentialist.
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What do you mean by utilitarianism?
I mean that the genie makes his decisions based on the consequences of his actions. I guess consequentialism is technically more accurate. According to Wikipedia, utilitarianism is a subset of it, but I’m not really sure what the difference is.
Ok. Yeah, “Consequentialism” or “VNM utilitarianism” is usually used for that concepts to distinguish from the moral theory that says you should make choices consistent with a utility function constructed by some linear aggregation of “welfare” or whatever across all agents.
It would be a tragedy to adopt Utilitarianism just because it is consequentialist.
I get consequentialism. It’s Utilitarianism that I don’t understand.
Minor nitpick: Consequentialism =/= VNM utilitarianism
Right, they are different. A creative rereading of my post could interpret it as talking about two concepts DanielLC might have meant by “utilitarianism”.