Who ignores, or argues against courage and honesty?
As an intrinsic value? Lots of utilitarians, myself included. I’m unsure if Rob’s intent was to suggest these things are values worth respecting intrinsically or just instrumentally.
Who ignores, or argues against courage and honesty?
Lots of utilitarians, myself included.
But it was supposed to be a comment about mainstream philosophy. It’s not a given that mainstream ethicist will be some sort of utilitarian in the way that a rationalist probably will.
As an intrinsic value? Lots of utilitarians, myself included. I’m unsure if Rob’s intent was to suggest these things are values worth respecting intrinsically or just instrumentally.
But it was supposed to be a comment about mainstream philosophy. It’s not a given that mainstream ethicist will be some sort of utilitarian in the way that a rationalist probably will.