Good Thoughts2/26/2026

Replacing Unfortunate Norms

Richard Y Chappell
Replacing Unfortunate Norms Even if they're objectively correct Here’s a claim I find interesting and underexplored: either consequentialism is correct or morality is lamentable and beneficent motivations should rationally lead us to coordinate against it. That was the intended upshot of my previous post. Some instead read it as table-thumping consequentialist intuitions: merely repeating “How could it be wrong to bring about better outcomes?” Of course, I do find it odd for anyone to oppose...