this is interesting to me for many reasons, but one that sticks out is that these are some of the best people to ever live on impact-oriented grounds. that's troubling to me, since i do see most of them as bad people, despite their donations. the conclusion then is either that i should reorient my view of the people on this list, or, decide that there is substantially more to doing good than counting the amount of lives saved. i think i'm inclined towards the latter.
Correct me if Im wrong, but it doesnt seem like virtue ethics or care ethics relies on side constraints -- they seem uniquely deontic. Im not sure that rejecting deontology implies a form consequentialism as virtue or feminist ethics are still viable at that point.
Very interesting discussion. I think something that (understandably, as your thesis here is narrow) should be considered is how ethical theories outside of utilitarianism and deontology should be considered. Although you provided a fairly strong argument against deontology, there was no argument for uniquely utilitarianism as many of the intuition you had against deontology could also apply to most other ethical theories. Perhaps a virtue ethical, care ethical, or communitarian approach could accommodate for the short comings of deontology as well as (or maybe better than!) utilitarianism.
this is cool! thank you for doing the work.
this is interesting to me for many reasons, but one that sticks out is that these are some of the best people to ever live on impact-oriented grounds. that's troubling to me, since i do see most of them as bad people, despite their donations. the conclusion then is either that i should reorient my view of the people on this list, or, decide that there is substantially more to doing good than counting the amount of lives saved. i think i'm inclined towards the latter.
Correct me if Im wrong, but it doesnt seem like virtue ethics or care ethics relies on side constraints -- they seem uniquely deontic. Im not sure that rejecting deontology implies a form consequentialism as virtue or feminist ethics are still viable at that point.
Very interesting discussion. I think something that (understandably, as your thesis here is narrow) should be considered is how ethical theories outside of utilitarianism and deontology should be considered. Although you provided a fairly strong argument against deontology, there was no argument for uniquely utilitarianism as many of the intuition you had against deontology could also apply to most other ethical theories. Perhaps a virtue ethical, care ethical, or communitarian approach could accommodate for the short comings of deontology as well as (or maybe better than!) utilitarianism.
Thank you for the post!