My Consequentialist Argument is Better Than That Guy’s!

This is funny. Several people have been remarking to me about this witty entry in Amy Welborn’s comboxes.

Some people are taking it as a spoof on the hypocrisy of consequentialist arguments made in defense of abortion. Others are reading it as a spoof on the hypocrisy of consequentialist arguments made in defense of torture. I think it’s a spoof on the hypocrisy of consequentialist arguments.