Given this quote from the Wall Street journal: “ Ellison testified that Bankman-Fried was a risk-taker who was comfortable with lying and stealing as long as it benefited the greater good. To attract FTX customers, he cultivated an appearance “as a smart, competent, somewhat eccentric founder,” she said”
And this Substack post: https://betonit.substack.com/p/singer-and-the-noble-lie.
To me, it seems like a consequentialist view clearly requires you to lie in certain circumstances, but it is very difficult to realize when it would be a net positive. Doesn’t that force an EA into a rule consequentialism?
I've changed the title from "Thoughts?" to be more descriptive (but it could still be improved, e.g. I think "Does EA imply rule consequentialism?" would be a better title).
Please try to use more descriptive titles in the future.