As to concluding it is a good idea to be a libertarian or utilitarian because your smart friends are, here is the potential flaw: the libertarian and/or utilitarian world may be a better one for smart people and not as good for not as smart people. If you don’t even know why they are libertarian, you certainly don’t know enough to conclude it is not just self-interest on their part.
As to concluding it is a good idea to be a libertarian or utilitarian because your smart friends are, here is the potential flaw: the libertarian and/or utilitarian world may be a better one for smart people and not as good for not as smart people. If you don’t even know why they are libertarian, you certainly don’t know enough to conclude it is not just self-interest on their part.