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Mike Hind's avatar

-otherwise an infinitely long infinitely unpleasant experience would be better than a billion years of bliss-

Am I stupid in sensing that this is where utilitarianism ends up? I’m here in the first place because I’m rusty on moral philosophy, so bear that in mind if you think I am!

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Bentham's Bulldog's avatar

Hedonism says that only pleasurable mental states are good, thus a very long unpleasant state would be very bad.

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Vikram V.'s avatar

> Enters benthams.substack.com

> Something, including zombies has moral value if it has two of: desires, free will, consciousness

> Refuses to Elaborate

> Leaves

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Bentham's Bulldog's avatar

Okay zombie!

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