I don’t see why a psychopath couldn’t have that same thought
They could. But if you select a random psychopath from the whole population, what is the probability of choosing an utilitarian?
To be afraid of non-empathic people, you don’t have to believe that all of them, without an exception, would harm you for their trivial gain. Just that many of them would.
To be afraid of non-empathic people, you don’t have to believe that all of them, without an exception, would harm you for their trivial gain. Just that many of them would.
You would also have to know in what proportion they exist to know that, and you don’t have that information precisely because of such presumptions. You wouldn’t even know what’s normal if displaying certain qualities is useful enough, and detecting whether people really have them isn’t reliable enough.
They could. But if you select a random psychopath from the whole population, what is the probability of choosing an utilitarian?
To be afraid of non-empathic people, you don’t have to believe that all of them, without an exception, would harm you for their trivial gain. Just that many of them would.
You would also have to know in what proportion they exist to know that, and you don’t have that information precisely because of such presumptions. You wouldn’t even know what’s normal if displaying certain qualities is useful enough, and detecting whether people really have them isn’t reliable enough.