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Anti-Utilitarianism
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RE: Anti-Utilitarianism
(March 10, 2011 at 7:08 am)theVOID Wrote: Morality is a subset of value dealing with shared and conflicting values.
Isn't morality about what's moral? In which case the above quoted is merely a conflict between different views of what's moral rather than what's actually moral?

Another thing: If you define morality the way you do, so that desirism is objectively the right moral theory, then suppose that intrinsic values do exist and that, for example, telling lies is always absolutely wrong - how would that affect things considering that morality is defined in such a way that it excludes intrinsic values despite their existence (in this hypothetical scenario)?
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Anti-Utilitarianism - by Edwardo Piet - March 2, 2011 at 1:30 pm
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by theVOID - March 2, 2011 at 2:25 pm
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by Edwardo Piet - March 2, 2011 at 4:33 pm
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by theVOID - March 2, 2011 at 5:33 pm
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by Edwardo Piet - March 3, 2011 at 6:44 am
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by theVOID - March 3, 2011 at 7:34 am
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by Edwardo Piet - March 3, 2011 at 8:04 am
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by The Omnissiunt One - March 2, 2011 at 5:45 pm
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by theVOID - March 3, 2011 at 5:03 am
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by Edwardo Piet - March 4, 2011 at 8:45 am
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by theVOID - March 4, 2011 at 7:19 pm
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by Violet - March 4, 2011 at 7:59 pm
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by Edwardo Piet - March 5, 2011 at 9:21 am
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by theVOID - March 9, 2011 at 5:00 am
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by Edwardo Piet - March 9, 2011 at 6:50 am
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by theVOID - March 9, 2011 at 7:30 am
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by Edwardo Piet - March 9, 2011 at 3:51 pm
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by theVOID - March 9, 2011 at 9:16 pm
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by Edwardo Piet - March 10, 2011 at 7:17 am
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by HeyItsZeus - March 9, 2011 at 9:17 pm
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by padraic - March 10, 2011 at 4:17 am
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by theVOID - March 9, 2011 at 9:36 pm
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by lrh9 - March 10, 2011 at 4:12 am
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by theVOID - March 10, 2011 at 4:44 am
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by lrh9 - March 10, 2011 at 6:07 am
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by theVOID - March 10, 2011 at 7:08 am
RE: Anti-Utilitarianism - by Edwardo Piet - March 10, 2011 at 9:28 am

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