the uncertainty shifts within the framework from whether my actions will have a good out come to whether i know what actions are moral. i suppose it’s possible that i might not know, but the categorical imperative is pretty easy to apply, so my confidence is much higher than i imagine is possible for any action within a utilitarian frame: you are totally dependent on unknowable circumstances to determine the morality of past actions.
the uncertainty shifts within the framework from whether my actions will have a good out come to whether i know what actions are moral. i suppose it’s possible that i might not know, but the categorical imperative is pretty easy to apply, so my confidence is much higher than i imagine is possible for any action within a utilitarian frame: you are totally dependent on unknowable circumstances to determine the morality of past actions.