• Animasta [any]
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    3 年前

    I don't know too much about utilitarianism, but I guess the experiment illustrates the impossibility to figure out the utility to other beings.

    This issue occasionally rears it's head in vegan discussions when people try to "rank" various animals.

    • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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      3 年前

      Right, Utilitarianism (correctly so oftentimes) gets lambasted because it can quickly go from "greater good" thinking to "How many lives can be measurably improved by stealing redistributing this homeless person's organs?"