taymonbeal said: Wait, utilitarianism as in the ethical theory? Where on earth did anybody get THAT idea?
idk man I must be hanging out with really different utilitarians than he is
he cites Morality: An Introduction to Ethics by Bernard Williams as saying that utilitarians are “surprisingly conservative” but I can’t access that book right now to check what else it says
his examples of issues on which utilitarians defend the status quo are land rights for indigenous peoples, accessibility rights for the disabled, and gay rights because they involve protecting the rights of historically oppressed minorities while potentially imposing costs on the majority (but no examples of utilitarians espousing those opinions)