Editing Consequentialism

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	| number    = 4212
	| date      = August 23, 2016
	| title     = consequentialism
	| image     = 1472254699-20160823.png
	| votey     = 1471964484-20160823after.png
	| titletext = This is why I randomly generate an ethical system every morning.
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==Explanation==
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==Transcript==
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:Ethics should always be consequentialist.
:Mavbe, but the problem is that you cant predict the future, especially in the very long term.
:We need to consider not just our actions, but their potential results.
:So your ethical system is basically "do what will probably be good in the short term, and to hell with whatever comes later."
:Yeah, but it's okay because science keeps improving our ability to predict. So, the short term" we can predict gets longer and longer until it encompasses the rest of the future.
:That just creates a new problem: If you can
:Your ethical framework only works if you believe humans will always be smarter
:Predict the future perfectly, there is no ethics because everything is pre-determined.
:Than, say, cows but pretty much idiots on a cosmic scale.
:Which actually.
:This is the best of all possible worlds!
:Huh.
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==Votey Transcript==
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:Humans
:predictive power
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