Scope sensitivity: Some amount of it should be able to outweigh a certain amount of meaning.
Virtue ethics: I am willing to push through a lot of suffering if it means something; the simple ratio of the two does not determine whether the overall thing is worthwhile.
Deontology: it does kind of differ on whether you’re responsible for the suffering happening or not.
It’s also plausible to me that I am more coming at this from a deontological feeling of “One should not kill everyone if one has a good reason” rather than “The world is net positive”.
It’s also plausible to me that I am more coming at this from a deontological feeling of “One should not kill everyone if one has a good reason” rather than “The world is net positive”.
I agree that these are importantly different, and easily conflated!
I don’t know. Some frames:
Scope sensitivity: Some amount of it should be able to outweigh a certain amount of meaning.
Virtue ethics: I am willing to push through a lot of suffering if it means something; the simple ratio of the two does not determine whether the overall thing is worthwhile.
Deontology: it does kind of differ on whether you’re responsible for the suffering happening or not.
It’s also plausible to me that I am more coming at this from a deontological feeling of “One should not kill everyone if one has a good reason” rather than “The world is net positive”.
I agree that these are importantly different, and easily conflated!