This really helped me understand the problem with independence. So imagine a consequentialist agent in a Parfit’s hitchhiker situation. Given the option to become non consequentialist (and thus able to carry through on a commitment to pay for a ride) it would do so, since that is the consequentialist thing to do (looking forward it’s the best option). So consequentialism is not actually a stable state of being.
This really helped me understand the problem with independence. So imagine a consequentialist agent in a Parfit’s hitchhiker situation. Given the option to become non consequentialist (and thus able to carry through on a commitment to pay for a ride) it would do so, since that is the consequentialist thing to do (looking forward it’s the best option). So consequentialism is not actually a stable state of being.