Cookie Thread Act 3: The Cookie Strikes Back

General
#18271

yeah fair

#18272
  1. who is the target and how much collateral/civilian damage
  2. is three months possibly too short or long for Joey B to make a coherent decision on this
#18273

From a utilitarian perspective

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#18274

I was on stream today and got to make so many jokes only May understands

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#18275

just an example
I actually think that two months is probably too short if you’re Joe Biden
but

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#18276

“From a utilitarian perspective” is one such joke

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#18277

assumedly, given the fact its Joe Biden, the target is like
china

#18278

from a utili- feed the utility monster. feed the utility monster. feed the utility monster. feed the

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#18279

sorry not given the fact its biden
given the fact its the president of the US

#18280

@Marshal has liked very few posts this week despite having a fair number of likes this month

weird, i wonder whats got her down

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#18281

and also given the fact china has nukes this is a very easy decision

#18282

extremely silly analogy:

lots of people, consciously or subconsciously, make decisions in mafia games (as town) based on how much responsibility they’ll feel. this is silly! going along with consensus is just as much of a choice as fighting it, non-voting in Clocktower is just as much of a choice as voting, etc. if you’re just trying to avoid responsibility, it will make you a worse player on average (unless you really suck I guess)

likewise, if you’re just trying to avoid taking any actions that you’ll feel Responsible for, you haven’t actually avoided moral culpability

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#18283

unless, of course, you want to send the planet into a nuclear winter

#18284

Hmm. I wonder who that’s for

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#18285

point is it was just an example

#18286

this but I also consciously make decisions as town based on how much responsibility thread will assign me if i’m wrong

#18287

if you want other disses on utilitarianism, there’s the mere addition paradox, where for any population there’s a population with more people where each one is less happy (by virtue of overpopulation consequences) but net happiness is higher due to the sheer increase in people

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#18288

wait what did i do

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#18289

I loathe utilitarianism with a passion
Individual lives vary wildly in value

I could do utilitarianism with respect to level of resolve or intensity, but never population

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#18290

obviously from a utilitarian perspective we should bring this into being