It doesn't seem necessary for an article about moral decision making to contain anything about utility theory.
For example, what if the author prefers a deontological framework? Then they'll write about that, and it'll be perfectly valid.
In either case, it doesn't seem necessary to mention any particular framework by name in such an article. Because it's an article on the Internet aimed at a popular audience, not an undergraduate philosophy textbook.
> It doesn't seem necessary for an article about moral decision making to contain anything about utility theory.
It’s only necessary if you want to teach people how to make good decisions. If he’s just writing a fluff piece for clueless midwits who want to LARP as having a functional explicit decision-making procedure, it’s not necessary.
> Because it's an article on the Internet aimed at a popular audience
For example, what if the author prefers a deontological framework? Then they'll write about that, and it'll be perfectly valid.
In either case, it doesn't seem necessary to mention any particular framework by name in such an article. Because it's an article on the Internet aimed at a popular audience, not an undergraduate philosophy textbook.