That’s fair. Yes, agreed that this is a decision between maximizing my odds of being logical and maximizing my odds of being right, which is a legitimate example of the conflict you implied. And I guess I agree that if being right has high utility then it’s best to choose what’s right.
And I guess I agree that if being right has high utility then it’s best to choose what’s right.
Seeking high utility is right (and following rules of logic is right), not the other way around. “Right” is the unreachable standard by which things should be, which “utility” is merely a heuristic for representation of.
That’s fair. Yes, agreed that this is a decision between maximizing my odds of being logical and maximizing my odds of being right, which is a legitimate example of the conflict you implied. And I guess I agree that if being right has high utility then it’s best to choose what’s right.
Thanks.
Seeking high utility is right (and following rules of logic is right), not the other way around. “Right” is the unreachable standard by which things should be, which “utility” is merely a heuristic for representation of.
It isn’t clear to me what that statement, or its negation, actually implies about the world. But I certainly don’t think it’s false.