Utilitarianism doesn’t have anywhere to place a non arbitrary level of obligation except at zero and maximum effort. The zero is significant, because it means utilitarianism can’t bootstrap obligation …. I think that is the real problem, not demandingness.
Utilitarianism doesn’t have anywhere to place a non arbitrary level of obligation except at zero and maximum effort. The zero is significant, because it means utilitarianism can’t bootstrap obligation …. I think that is the real problem, not demandingness.