[deleted] comments on [Poll] Less Wrong and Mainstream Philosophy: How Different are We?

[deleted] 26 Sep 2012 18:19 UTC
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I think that’s a weak enough claim that you can’t really call it a general moral principle.

That’s a good point. So I should take from Luke’s claim that he does not believe one should (as a moral rule) maximise expected utility, or anything like that? And that he would say that it’s possible (if perhaps unlikely) for an action to be good even if it minimizes expected utility?
- pragmatist 27 Sep 2012 6:52 UTC
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  So I should take from Luke’s claim that he does not believe one should (as a moral rule) maximise expected utility, or anything like that?
  
  I probably shouldn’t speak for Luke, but I’m guessing the answer to this is yes. If it isn’t, then I don’t understand how he’s a particularist.
  
  And that he would say that it’s possible (if perhaps unlikely) for an action to be good even if it minimizes expected utility?
  
  I don’t see why he should be committed to this claim.