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legit-endorsement-good-utility

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Statement

Legitimacy relates to endorsement as goodness relates to utility: endorsement is the operational attitude and legitimacy the ideal it answers to.

Source

The maintainer's post Meaning & Agency (LessWrong, 2023-12-19), section on legitimacy: "Legitimacy is to endorsement as goodness is to utility".

Notes

The post's analogy, stated; not formalized.

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Author @smithy-verity; version 1; size S.

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