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October 4, 2011bentham, cognition, cognitive science, Daniel Bartels, David Pizarro, Mill, moral philosophy, philosophy of mind, sociocognition, utilitarianism

Utilitarians are not nice people

Here’s an article entitled “Goodness has nothing to do with it” in The Economist. Here is Bartels’ and Pizarro’s actual paper published in Cognition.

November 1, 2007ethics, liberalism, liberty, Mill, political philosophy, utilitarianism

Is Mill’s theory of liberty inconsistent with his utilitarian premisses?

Motivated by a brief paragraph posted by Colin McGinn, I offer the following thoughts. Mill’s Utilitarianism in Focus (1) Utilitarianism contains two essential components: (a) an axiology, i.e. a theory of intrinsic value (a theory of what we’re to take as good in itself or good for its own sake, and (b) a consequentialist ethical theory. The two…