Genuinely thanks for this! I read a series of articles that all took this objection seriously, and the economic reasoning felt incredibly flimsy to me. Appreciate the clear explanation here.
The body of this article is correct, yet the defense of moral realism is funny, considering you believe that there are an infinite number of worlds where torturing babies for fun is a greater good then am every act of good in all of human history.
Genuinely thanks for this! I read a series of articles that all took this objection seriously, and the economic reasoning felt incredibly flimsy to me. Appreciate the clear explanation here.
The body of this article is correct, yet the defense of moral realism is funny, considering you believe that there are an infinite number of worlds where torturing babies for fun is a greater good then am every act of good in all of human history.
The scenario Huemer describes is torturing infants for fun in typical conditions. You being the utility monster is obviously not a typical condition.