tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post514012704537272057..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Against Any Intrinsic Life-ValueAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-30870842445369390712018-03-28T08:55:03.237-06:002018-03-28T08:55:03.237-06:00Great post.
Great post.<br />champhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00758887715467292619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-38246840893245982162018-03-21T03:30:06.958-06:002018-03-21T03:30:06.958-06:00In theory, it is possible to get something like th...In theory, it is possible to get something like the Repugnant Conclusion without postulating intrinsic value. It only requires an “outcome maximizing” theory of value. However, in practice, those who call for “maximizing X” generally do so on the grounds that X has an intrinsic ought-to-be-ness.<br /><br />And I did not intend my posting to be a condemnation of all of moral philosophy. Only if a view in moral philosophy.<br /><br />The study of the descriptive fact of what people do value exists across several disciplines . . . psychology, sociology, economics.Alonzo Fyfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-63921399673298441712018-03-21T01:22:45.613-06:002018-03-21T01:22:45.613-06:00axiologyaxiologyMartin Freedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16952072422175870627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-156456904239365262018-03-20T19:11:30.097-06:002018-03-20T19:11:30.097-06:00You can still reject intrinsic value and get thing...You can still reject intrinsic value and get things like the repugnant conclusion. What word, if not moral philosophy, would you use to describe the study of what people actually do value and their logical consequences? Doug S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11918949543315280580noreply@blogger.com