I don’t believe “helping other people is so important that you should treat your quality of life as irrelevant”, because of the negative consequences you describe.
(I still don’t see a basilisk here.)
You don’t believe that, but
How could you justify a pleasant dinner with your family or a relaxing weekend at the beach when that meant more people living in pain?
that’s how some people see the utilitarian calculation.
I don’t believe “helping other people is so important that you should treat your quality of life as irrelevant”, because of the negative consequences you describe.
(I still don’t see a basilisk here.)
You don’t believe that, but
that’s how some people see the utilitarian calculation.