PHL 603 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Derek Parfit, Act Utilitarianism, Satisfaction Theory Of Atonement
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Unrestricted: if any desire you have is satisfied then your life is better (any at all) Success theory (restrict desires) - directly affect your life. Against - williams; harwood: explain the distinction between intrinsic and instrumental value. Something is said to have intrinsic value if it is good in and of itself,"" i. e. , not merely as a means for acquiring something else. ;desirable for its own sake or its inherent properties (happiness; people desire to have it) What do you think of his calculus: to calculate the amount of pleasure/ pain in an xp there are 4 criteria intensity- some of the most intense pleasure and pains do not last as long. 1. fecundity (intensity + duration) - chance of it being followed by sensations of the same kind (pleasure/ pleasure; pain/ pain) Through this, only the amount of satisfaction will make an acct right or wrong not whether the satisfaction is noble or not.
