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    It is not the case that It is better to evaluate a decision by comparing its expected utility to the expected utilities of rival decisions.

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    • 1.Expected utility comparisons presuppose well-defined probability assignments over outcomes, which are unavailable in genuine Knightian uncertainty.
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    • 2.When probabilities are indeterminate, maximin or robust satisficing rules provide more defensible decision criteria than expected utility maximization.
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    • 1.Evaluating decisions by expected utility collapses the distinction between a decision procedure and a criterion of rightness, a conflation Parfit and Railton both identify as a serious error.
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    • 2.A decision evaluated as optimal by expected utility comparison may systematically produce worse outcomes than one guided by rule-following or virtue, undermining the consequentialist rationale for the expected utility framework itself.
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    • 1.A decision's expected utility depends on the probability of its execution as well as the expected consequences of the act it selects.
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    • 2.Evaluating a decision by an act's expected utility leads to faulty evaluations because the decision and the act may have different expected utilities.
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