@jlou

Because your decision to include this rule came from the consequences of not including it (the paradox arising) it could be said that it is a rule-utilitarian rule.

This is a problem because the paper talked about how carving out exceptions still leads to the paradox in the section titled "Attempts to include undecidable cases in the theory to avoid them"

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@jlou Well yes but is seems arbitrary, couldn't you say that you're making that decision based on the consequences of not doing so, making it more of a rule-utilitarian position.

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@jlou I agree with the point that consequentialism is a knowledge based framework and that there are necessarily limits to that knowledge such as explicit predictive knowledge on the workings of other minds that could lead to concrete Trickster Element paradoxes.

I was also reminded of Godels Incompleteness Theorum and of course the existence of that doesn't make all math pointless

I have a feeling that considering this from a panpsychist angle will change it somewhat but I still have more to think about

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@wouldinotcallmyselfahumanbeing Preference utilitarianism also prevents interpersonal comparisons necessary to even notice that inequality is worth solving. The recognition of freedom as a fundamental moral value allows interpersonal comparisons between the rich and the poor, which justify wealth and income redistribution.

Thanks for the compliment. I appreciate your pushing back, and have also enjoyed the conversation.

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