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There is no way to coherently hold utilitarianism without it leading to "the repugnant conclusion" that we should maximise reproduction.
Everyone who thinks they're utilitarian is engaging in signalling behaviour by claiming to value the happiness of other agents, but always rationalizes a utility argument for the self serving position they had anyway.
People realize "the repugnant conclusion" is just the other side of the Torture/Dust-specs coin, right?
How did I not see that before? Wow.