To clarify, I think your criticism of utilitarianism/consequentialism is of a naive form of it that only looks at first-order effects. Not ‘proper’ utilitarianism. But yes no doubt many are naive like this, and it’s v hard to evaluate second- and higher-order effects (such as exploitation and coordination).
Also, this kind of naivety is particularly common on the left.
To clarify, I think your criticism of utilitarianism/consequentialism is of a naive form of it that only looks at first-order effects. Not ‘proper’ utilitarianism. But yes no doubt many are naive like this, and it’s v hard to evaluate second- and higher-order effects (such as exploitation and coordination).
Also, this kind of naivety is particularly common on the left.