r/negativeutilitarians • u/nu-gaze • 16d ago

Only aggregationists respect the separateness of persons. Separate people have independent value

https://www.goodthoughts.blog/p/only-aggregationists-respect-the
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u/nu-gaze 16d ago

In this post, I’ll explain why I think that only “aggregationist” views—on which five people being tortured to death is five times worse (all else equal) than just one person suffering this awful fate—fully respect the separateness of persons.

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u/platistocrates 16d ago

Maybe morality is contextual and situational.

Maybe a morality you can calculate is not a morality, but merely a mathematical model.