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by whbrown 1588 days ago
> Utilitarians think morality lies in outcomes - the whats. But whatever I am is completely orthogonal - I believe it lies in the story surrounding the outcome, the hows and the whys.

Reminds me of virtue ethics, and understanding the complex story of the hows and the whys is called practical wisdom. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-ethics/