Assuming you mean something like “Can philosophy answer this question?” I think “Maybe, but we probably won’t know until we do a lot more philosophy.” To put it another way, I think it’s very plausible (but far from certain) that we can eventually answer questions like this one, given enough competent reflection, and I want to make sure we definitively find out before we make any irreversible choices based on what we think our values are.
Assuming you mean something like “Can philosophy answer this question?” I think “Maybe, but we probably won’t know until we do a lot more philosophy.” To put it another way, I think it’s very plausible (but far from certain) that we can eventually answer questions like this one, given enough competent reflection, and I want to make sure we definitively find out before we make any irreversible choices based on what we think our values are.