My contention is methodological. The intuition that relationships have intrinsic value is strong and present. Where are the defeaters? If there aren't any then I don't see how we can just ignore it then go... see it works out. Well obviously, a simpler theory will run into less complex issues.
My contention is methodological. The intuition that relationships have intrinsic value is strong and present. Where are the defeaters? If there aren't any then I don't see how we can just ignore it then go... see it works out. Well obviously, a simpler theory will run into less complex issues.
I presented one here, and I'll present more in a soon-to-be-released article.
It's an obvious moral truth that you should help others not just yourself.
I don't think it's easy to convince sociopaths of that, but if you want to, I'd recommend Parfit's arguments.