Fair enough. I’m preferring them based on personal experience, which is not something you have access to. Generally, most people don’t think about ethics and morality at all, but deontologists IME (mostly Christians) do. That makes them, generally speaking, better than average at morality while being “normal people.” Utilitarians on the other hand I have mostly encountered online, and particularly on this site there is the explicit endorsement of the Repugnant Conclusion as “Just Multiply.” That’s what I’m pushing back against: be more like a normal person and think about morality using your judgement, don’t “Just Multiply” because the results will be terrible.
Fair enough. I’m preferring them based on personal experience, which is not something you have access to. Generally, most people don’t think about ethics and morality at all, but deontologists IME (mostly Christians) do. That makes them, generally speaking, better than average at morality while being “normal people.” Utilitarians on the other hand I have mostly encountered online, and particularly on this site there is the explicit endorsement of the Repugnant Conclusion as “Just Multiply.” That’s what I’m pushing back against: be more like a normal person and think about morality using your judgement, don’t “Just Multiply” because the results will be terrible.
I basically agree with you regarding virtue.