John_Maxwell_IV comments on The Trouble With "Good" - Less Wrong
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"If we ask utilitarianism "Are drugs good or bad?" it returns: CATEGORY ERROR. Good for it."
It wouldn't be contradictory for someone to assign high utility to the presence of drugs and low utility to their absence. What you really mean is upon reflection, most people would not do this.