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hi psi

I came across this summary of Desire Utilitarianism endorsed by another proponent of it who says:

'If I happen to disagree with Alonzo Fyfe on the matter, rest assured that the proper application of the theory is his. Mine must be either insufficiently thought out, or born of a misunderstanding of my own.'


http://thelockeronline.blogspot.com/2007/06/desire-utilitarianism.html

a fan indeed - by such critical thinking does meta-ethics progress...

bsy

bsy

hi psi

Started on the body of the text beginning with

'There is no value without desire.

there is no prescription without desire'

and stalled immediately.

Is there some axiom of philosophical Woo-Woo that says

1.'Terms when first used should never be defined'

2. Implied relations between terms should nevber be explained

for to do either will dispel your philosohical mojo.

bsy



bsy

hi psi

"Well, Here's another fine mess you've gotten me into"
Oliver Hardy (attrib.)

bsy

Hi Bx4,

You're doing fine!

hi psi

.....or i could just be chasing a Hare

psi

I haven't forgotten but ploughing though Jackson at the moment.

Strange definition of a non-cognitivist, Supervenience -not persuaded by supervenience argument, Duplicates simpliciter flawed at its core, and so forth bsy