Posts Tagged utilitarianism
Interstellar is an excellent movie, and having now seen it twice, I can say that it is currently my favorite Sci-fi space travel movie, though by no means my favorite Nolan film. The “favorite Sci-fi space film” distinction is actually not that flattering as I am not a big fan of the genre, I’m more […]
Christopher Nolan, inception, interstellar, interstellar review, movie critique, movie review, movies, philosophy, plan a, time, utilitarianism
James Gray has posted a very interesting piece on the compatibility of act utilitarianism and supererogatory actions, a portion of which I want to discuss here. Supererogatory acts are those acts that would promote the most good, but which one is not morally required to do because of the large personal sacrifices they require. This type […]
Ethics, moral intuitions, moral realism, Morality, philosophy, supererogatory acts, utilitarianism
As noted in a previous entry, I recently acquired a copy of Dancy’s Moral Reasons, the most systematic contemporary account of moral particularism on offer, due to a concern that particularism might be being dismissed unfairly. Dancy is a brilliant philosopher, and his work is a joy to read, as he makes compelling and excitingly […]
agent-neutral reasons, agent-relative reasons, anti-cognitivism, anti-Humeanism, cognitivism, Cognitivism vs. non-cognitivism, Consequentialism, deontic properties, Derek Parfit, dilemma, empiricism, Ethical Pluralism, generalism, generalism vs particularism, Hegelianism, holism vs atomism, holistic reasons, Internalism and externalism, Jonathan Dancy, metaethics, metaphysics of value, monism vs. pluralism, moral constraints, moral dilemma, moral judgment, moral knowledge, moral options, moral particularism, moral perception, moral pluralism, moral properties, moral realism, moral reasons, moral regret, Morality, objectivity, particularism, philosophy, pluralism, rationalism vs empiricism, rightness, secondary-quality view, supererogatory acts, supervenience, Thomas Nagel, utilitarianism, Virtue ethics
SelfAwarePattern’s post from the other day on the problem of solipsism got me thinking about (my favorite solipsistic movie – no apologies to fans of the Matrix) Inception, and its tension with a thought experiment meant to undermine hedonistic utilitarianism posited by Robert Nozick. The Experience Machine Nozick asks us to consider whether we would […]
axiology, Christopher Nolan, coincidences, Consequentialism, deontology, determinism, dreams, Ethics, free will, good, goodness, hard determinism, hedonism, inception, intrinsic vs extrinsic value, Kierkegaard, logic, modus ponens, modus tollens, moral monism, Morality, movies, philosophy, Robert Nozick, Søren Kierkegaard, the experience machine, the pursuit of pleasure, thought experiment, utilitarianism, value
In the past two weeks I have been riddled by a moral dilemma, involving the balancing of my duties to two different groups of people, and though I have recently resolved the dilemma, insofar as I have made a choice of which course of action to take, I still feel guilt and regret for not […]
Bernard Williams, cognitivism, Cognitivism vs. non-cognitivism, David McNaughton, Ethical dilemma, Ethical Pluralism, Ethics, expressivism, Frege-Geach Problem, Immanuel Kant, Kantianism, metaethics, Michael Huemer, moral monism, moral particularism, moral pluralism, moral principles, moral reductionism, Morality, phenomenology, philosophy, reductionism, utilitarianism, W.D. Ross
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