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+====1. Utilitarianism is the only moral system available to policy-makers. ==== |
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+Goodin 90 writes |
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+Robert Goodin, fellow in philosophy, Australian National Defense University, THE UTILITARIAN RESPONSE, 1990, p. 141-2 |
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+My larger argument turns on the proposition that there is something special about the situation |
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+want to use it at all – to chose general rules or conduct. |
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+====2. Moral uncertainty means you default to extinction first. ==== |
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+**Bostrom 12** Nick Bostrom. Faculty of Philosophy and Oxford Martin School University of Oxford; Generally Crazy Person but not this argument because it's actually pretty sane."Existential Risk Prevention as Global Priority." Global Policy (2012) |
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+These reflections on moral uncertainty suggest~~s~~ an alternative,complementary way of |
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+of value. To do this, we must prevent any existential catastrophe. |
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+====Thus, the standard is maximizing expected well-being.==== |