tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post7456563604213140331..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Desire Fulfillment Rule UtilitarianismAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-19767563627842324272009-01-18T17:15:00.000-07:002009-01-18T17:15:00.000-07:00Say, couldn't a preference utilitarian say that, "...Say, couldn't a preference utilitarian say that, "No, it's not that preference satisfaction has intrinsic value to be maximized. It's just that preferences (taken as another word for desires) are the only type of moral value out there, and each preference creates its own reason for action, so morally good acts are those that satisfy more and greater preferences than they thwart? Do preference satisfaction utilitarians always argue that preference satisfaction has intrinsic value, or do some of them present it as a pluralistic theory, too?Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12968634190280933116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-70767328702594426732009-01-17T10:00:00.000-07:002009-01-17T10:00:00.000-07:00Actually, this worked:http://atheistethicist.blogs...Actually, this worked:<BR/><BR/>http://atheistethicist.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/defaultLukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12968634190280933116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-16977218117641164122009-01-17T01:27:00.000-07:002009-01-17T01:27:00.000-07:00LukeGeneral Comments Feed (Last 20 Items)Luke<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://atheistethicist.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default?max-results=20" REL="nofollow">General Comments Feed (Last 20 Items)</A>Martin Freedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16952072422175870627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-31911659342468281822009-01-16T19:45:00.000-07:002009-01-16T19:45:00.000-07:00Where is the general comments feed for this blog?Where is the general comments feed for this blog?Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12968634190280933116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-77575494014052061902009-01-16T19:43:00.000-07:002009-01-16T19:43:00.000-07:00"Instead, desire utilitarianism is a pluralistic m..."Instead, desire utilitarianism is a pluralistic moral theory. It states that each desire creates its own end – that a 'desire that P' creates an end of realizing a state of affairs in which P is true."<BR/><BR/>By pluralistic, you mean that instead of recognizing intrinsic values, your theory only recognizes that each desire has its own moral value (reason for action)? Are there other pluralistic moral theories we might compare/contrast DU with? Different forms of relativism, I suppose?<BR/><BR/>So, "good" in a general sense means "such as to fulfill the desires in question," and "morally good" means "such as to fulfill more and greater desires than the object of evaluation (a desire) tends to thwart?"Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12968634190280933116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-18131058653719700062009-01-16T16:36:00.000-07:002009-01-16T16:36:00.000-07:00Would considering what love is shed some light on ...Would considering what love is shed some light on these questions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com