prioritize your own wellbeing and your friendships, but you need to prioritize them for their own sake, not just as part of a utilitarian calculus
Hmm. Does this fully deny utilitarianism? Are these values sacred (more important that calculable tradeoffs), in some way?
I’m not utilitarian for other reasons (I don’t believe in comparability of utility, and I don’t value all moral patients equally, or fairly, or objectively), but I think you COULD fit those priorities into a utilitarian framework, not by prioritizing them for their own sake, but acknowledging the illegibility of the values and taking a guess at how to calculate with them, and then adjusting as circumstances change.
Hmm. Does this fully deny utilitarianism? Are these values sacred (more important that calculable tradeoffs), in some way?
I’m not utilitarian for other reasons (I don’t believe in comparability of utility, and I don’t value all moral patients equally, or fairly, or objectively), but I think you COULD fit those priorities into a utilitarian framework, not by prioritizing them for their own sake, but acknowledging the illegibility of the values and taking a guess at how to calculate with them, and then adjusting as circumstances change.