> I'll bring up the point I always bring up regarding sex work: why are so many people focused on whether or not this actually produces better results for people?
Because most real world value systems amount, in practice, to rule-bounded utilitarianism, rather than purely non-utilitarian deontology.
> Legislation, by and large and particularly in the United States, is driven first and foremost by principle, rather than utilitarian objectives.
Utilitarian objectives are a set of principles, and while they are usually qualified rather than pure, they are very widespread set of principles and virtually every advocacy campaign appeals to them for that reason.
You are simply wrong if you think most public support for or opposition to legislation, in general or in the US specifically, is based on moral principles that are completely divorced from perception of utilitarian consequences.
Because most real world value systems amount, in practice, to rule-bounded utilitarianism, rather than purely non-utilitarian deontology.
> Legislation, by and large and particularly in the United States, is driven first and foremost by principle, rather than utilitarian objectives.
Utilitarian objectives are a set of principles, and while they are usually qualified rather than pure, they are very widespread set of principles and virtually every advocacy campaign appeals to them for that reason.
You are simply wrong if you think most public support for or opposition to legislation, in general or in the US specifically, is based on moral principles that are completely divorced from perception of utilitarian consequences.