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+====A priori reasoning is impossible so the only epistemologically sound basis for morality is experience. ==== |
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+**Schwartz:^^ ^^“A Defense of Naïve Empiricism: It is Neither Self-Refuting Nor Dogmatic.” Stephen P. Schwartz. Ithaca College. pp.1-14. ** |
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+The empirical support |
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+AND |
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+an empirical claim. |
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+====And, pleasure is inherently good. ==== |
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+**Sinhababu : The Epistemic Argument For Hedonism |
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+Neil Sinhababu |
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+** |
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+We can form |
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+AND |
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+ affairs we are in. |
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+====logical consistency implies we value the happiness of others. ==== |
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+**Sayre-McCord, Geoffrey. “Mill's "Proof" of the Principle of Utility: A More than Half-Hearted Defense.” UNC/Chapel Hill: Social Philosophy and Policy, vol. 18, no. 2; Spring 2001, p. 330-360. (pp. 21-22).http://philpapers.org/archive/SINTEA-3 ** |
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+According to the second |
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+AND |
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+of all the rest. |
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+Thus, the standard is maximizing expected well-being. |
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+====The definition of ought implies utilitarianism.==== |
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+**Harris^^ ^^: Harris, Sam. The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values (2010).** |
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+But this notion |
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+AND |
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+and human well-being. |
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+A. Topical Education |
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+B. Ground |
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+ |
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+====If there is a risk of ethical uncertainty, we should always prioritize survival of the human race to ensure the future. This is an independent weighing claim.==== |
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+**Bostrom ~~Nick Bostrom. Faculty of Philosophy and Oxford Martin School University of Oxford. "Existential Risk Prevention as Global Priority." Global Policy (2012)~~** |
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+These reflections on moral uncertainty suggest an alternative, complementary way of looking at existential |
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+AND |
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+of value. To do this, we must prevent any existential catastrophe. |