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Een nieuwe ethisch theorie: het kernwaarderingsmaximalisme
Kies de optie die de hoogste som heeft van de kernwaarderingen van alle individuen. Dit is het basisprincipe van een nieuwe ethische theorie: het kernwaarderingsmaximalisme. Deze theorie is een verfijning van het klassieke utilitarisme of welzijnsmaximalisme, de theorie die zegt … Lees verder
The case against degrowth
Degrowth can be defined as the planned reduction (through policy interventions) of production and consumption in high-income countries, in order to reduce the environmental impact. If the production and consumption is measured in terms of resource throughput, we are talking … Lees verder
The priority for strong personal-state preferences (and implications for wild animal welfare)
This article describes a very fundamental idea in ethics: that we should give priority to the satisfaction of the strongest personal-state preferences. A personal-state preference is a preference held by an individual that refers to the state of that individual, … Lees verder
Some inconsistencies in food environmentalism
Sometimes environmentalists propose ineffective measures to improve public health and environmental sustainability. These ineffective measures are the result of irrational opinions held by those environmentalists. Sometimes these irrationalities consist of clear and simple inconsistencies in their ideas. Finding these inconsistencies … Lees verder
My top ideas of 2021
It is time to look back at 2021, to see what are my most important new insights. My two top picks for this year are both within moral philosophy. Interestingly, those two ideas have the same underlying structure. They both … Lees verder
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Tags: dictatorship, discrimination, moral principles, population ethics, rights, unwanted arbitrariness, utilitarianism
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Waarom we rationeel denken meer dan ooit nodig hebben. Boekbespreking Rationaliteit, Steven Pinker, 2021.
Accuraat in overtuigingen, doeltreffend in middelen en consistent in doelen. Zo zou ik rationaliteit definiëren, en deze definitie komt goed overeen met wat Steven Pinker bedoelt in zijn boek Rationaliteit (Atlas Contact, 2021). Als je negatieve vooroordelen hebt tegenover rationaliteit, … Lees verder
The two intrinsic rights that restrict utilitarianism
A more elaborate article about the new theory of complaint-free discounted utilitarianism, which includes everyone having a right to discount utilities of others as long as that does not generate valid complaints, can be read here. Let us start with … Lees verder
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Tags: basic right, ethical principles, moral philosophy, population ethics, utilitarianism
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Person-affecting neutral-range utilitarianism
Summary In many examples, such as procreation, animal farming, climate change and catastrophic risks, our choices not only influence the welfare of other sentient beings in the future, but also influence their very existence. To determine what is the best … Lees verder
The crux of the cultivated meat feasibility debate.
The production of meat from an animal causes many problems: animal suffering, environmental impact (pollution, biodiversity loss, climate change) and infectious disease risks. These problems of animal-based meat are related to the organs of the animal (as shown in this … Lees verder
Why we need to herbivorize predators
Let us start with three assumptions that almost everyone (especially animal rights activists) agrees on. First, we value at least one of the following individualistic values (i.e. values that apply to individuals): welfare, well-being, preference satisfaction, autonomy, liberty, health, the … Lees verder
Stijn Bruers, the rational ethicist 