PhilGoetz comments on Homogeneity vs. heterogeneity (or, What kind of sex is most moral?) - Less Wrong
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Because it won't last if it isn't. If you propose a moral system, knowing that the inevitable consequences of people adopting this system is that they will be exploited by defectors and the system will collapse, leaving an immoral and low-utility society of defectors, that's not moral.
This only follows if you're a consequentialist.