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Re:The Sam Bankman-Fried empire crumbled. What happened? (pa... by xyzwave on Thursday November 10, 2022 @04:31PM (#33553699)
I always felt the problem with consequentialism is that outcomes are uncertain, whereas actions are not. Therefore you are not guaranteed that an immoral action (means) will result in a beneficial outcome (end).

For instance, you push someone in front of a trolley to save 5 lives, but the trolley isn’t stopped and you end up with 6 dead.

Re:The Sam Bankman-Fried empire crumbled. What happened? (pa... by yw3410 on Thursday November 10, 2022 @07:38PM (#33555872)
That's essentially Kant's argument as to why you should have universal morals (see the classic not lying to an axe murderer).