• Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    You’re mostly correct, but there’s something I need to point out:

    Being “complicit” isn’t a feature of consequentialism, and it’s not a feature of the universe either. If you’re doing utility calculus (which here you are) factoring in whether you’ll be “complicit” essentially boils down to putting your self-image on the scales determining the lives of others.

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      5 months ago

      I don’t understand your last part, what do you mean with “projecting one’s self-image”?

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        5 months ago

        Placing one’s self image. It’s part of the scales metaphor.

        If you take into consideration if you are “complicit” you are using how you will think about yourself as a factor in the utility calculus. I suppose you’re also thinking about what how other people are perceiving you as well. Does that answer your question?