I wouldn’t let my values be changed if doing so would thwart my current values. I think you’re contending that the utopia would satisfy my current values better than the status quo would, though.
In that case, I would only resist the utopia if I had a deontic prohibition against changing my values (I don’t have very strong ones but I think they’re in here somewhere and for some things). You would call this a hidden utility function, I don’t think that adequately models the idea that humans are satisficers and not perfect utilitarians. Deontology is sometimes a way of identifying satisficing conditions for human behavior, in that sense I think it can be a much stronger argument.
Even supposing that we were perfect utilitarians, if I placed more value on maintaining my current values than I do on anything else, I would still reject modifying myself and moving towards your utopia.
I wouldn’t let my values be changed if doing so would thwart my current values. I think you’re contending that the utopia would satisfy my current values better than the status quo would, though.
In that case, I would only resist the utopia if I had a deontic prohibition against changing my values (I don’t have very strong ones but I think they’re in here somewhere and for some things). You would call this a hidden utility function, I don’t think that adequately models the idea that humans are satisficers and not perfect utilitarians. Deontology is sometimes a way of identifying satisficing conditions for human behavior, in that sense I think it can be a much stronger argument.
Even supposing that we were perfect utilitarians, if I placed more value on maintaining my current values than I do on anything else, I would still reject modifying myself and moving towards your utopia.
Do you think the utopia is feasible?
Naw. But even if it was, if I placed value on maintaining my current values to a high degree, I wouldn’t modify.