PHILOS 2YY3 Lecture Notes - Fecundity, Jeremy Bentham, Monism
14 Mar 2013
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Some important distinctions: the good vs the right, intrinsic value vs instrumental value. Intrinsic value-its good in itself, not because it leads to any good. Something has instrumental value if it leads to something else we value (i. e exercise helps me be active but then i gain another value which is make me happy at the end: subjective vs objective. Subjective is where we value it in our heads. An impact on us or our experiences: agent-relative vs agent-neutral. Something that is valuable through your perspective. Agent-neutral- gods eye view, value not dependent on a particular person but from this god"s eye view that things have value: monism vs pluralism. Monistic- pleasure is value, everything is value if only leads to pleasure. Pluralism believes that everything is intrinsic valuable, they will conflict with each other but need to figure out how to fix them. Jeremy bentham (1748-1832: normative theory a tool for social and legal reform.
