Dmitry Chernikov’s Blog

In the previous post we compared the satisficing/maximizing pair to duty/supererogation. Our present author likens it rather to rightness/thresholds. His first claim is that consequentialism and satisficing are totally incompatible. This is because a consequentialist can always ask the satisficer why he has not opted for a more pleasant choice, all things considered. “If the [...]

If we think of the relationship of maximizing to satisficing as of supererogation to duty, then is there a difference between ethical and rational satisficing? Dreier says there is. Ethical satisficing can be understood as declining to do the supererogatory act. This our author justifies by saying that while moral reasons may require one always [...]