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Moral Realism And Ways Of Life, Matthew Pianalto
Moral Realism And Ways Of Life, Matthew Pianalto
Matthew Pianalto
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong claims that a person's commitment to a way of life is a relevant factor in deciding what the agent ought to do in a moral dilemma. If that is correct, then extreme universal moral realism, which claims that facts about the agent make no contribution to the truth of what an agent ought to do, is false. In this paper, I attempt to characterize a kind of moral realism that can account for the relevance of ways of life to the resolution of personal moral dilemmas.
Against The Intrinsic Value Of Pleasure, Matthew Pianalto
Against The Intrinsic Value Of Pleasure, Matthew Pianalto
Matthew Pianalto
Hedonism claims that only pleasure has intrinsic value. Many philosophers contest hedonism by arging that other things, in additon to pleasure, have intrinsic value. In this paper, I suggest that one could contest the more basic thesis that pleasure has intrinsic value. DOI 10.1007/s10790-009-9145-0