Reading #Dynomight explaining #DerekParfit I realise that just as #liberalism/#libertarianism is the most inclusive political/economic system because it allows for other orders to emerge within it, #consequentialism may be the most inclusive moral theory because it may contain other systems just by redefining what a “good outcome” is.

That is:

A group of free individuals (liberalism) may enter voluntary agreements and commit to redistributing their wealth (socialism), transferring all power to a certain person (autocracy), abiding by rules decided by the majority (democracy), etc.

A consequentialist, in its narrowest definition, is free to conclude that the best possible outcome is one in which they and their special ones enjoy the best of life (egoism), one where certain rules are obeyed most strictly (deontology), one where all actions align perfectly with the word of god (theological voluntarism), etc. — and to act accordingly.

https://dynomight.net/reasons-and-persons/

Useful taxonomy of moral theories (#DerekParfit via #Dynomight)

https://dynomight.net/reasons-and-persons/

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Probably the best distillation of #morality in one sentence, by #DerekParfit:

“Everyone ought to follow the principles whose universal acceptance everyone could rationally will.”

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/09/05/how-to-be-good

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