Also, standard argument against a short, reasonable-looking list of ethical criteria: no such list will capture complexity of value. They constitute fake utility functions.
My utility function feels quite real to me and I prefer simplicity and elegance over complexity. Besides, I think you can still have lots of terminal values and not discriminate against animals (in terms of suffering), I don’t think that’s mutually exclusive.
Also, standard argument against a short, reasonable-looking list of ethical criteria: no such list will capture complexity of value. They constitute fake utility functions.
My utility function feels quite real to me and I prefer simplicity and elegance over complexity. Besides, I think you can still have lots of terminal values and not discriminate against animals (in terms of suffering), I don’t think that’s mutually exclusive.