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*Reflective Disequilibrium*: Utilitarianism, contractualism, and self-sacrifice
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[This post is a response to cousin_it's request for counterarguments to utilitarianism.] Saving the drowning child is not a self-sacrifi...
*Reflective Disequilibrium*: Utilitarianism, contractualism, and self-sacrifice Tuesday, May 08, 2012 Utilitarianism, contractualism, and self-sacrifice [This post is a response to cousin_it's request for counterarguments to utilitarianism.] Saving the drowning child is not a self-sacrifice Suppose that you live in a developed country, and earn a high income even by developed country standards. One day you are walking home from a business meeting in your best suit, worth some $1,000, and see a small child drowning in a muddy (and foul-smelling) pond off the road. No one else is around, but you
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