Thinking How To Live
We must distinguish what it means to say that I ought to do a thing and what being what I ought to do consists in. Maybe, for example, being what I ought to do consists in something hedonic, such as being what will maximize my happiness. Even so, ‘ought’ doesn’t mean “would maximize one’s happiness.” If it did, as Moore argued, then “You ought to maximize your happiness” would just mean “Maximizing your happiness would maximize your happiness.”
Continuing the End Times series, Richard Marshall interviews Allan Gibbard.
Tonight in London: A Beast in View
A BEAST IN VIEW: AN EVENING OF SATIRE IN POETRY & PROSE with authors Holly Hopkins, Anthony Howell, Courttia Newland, Tony White Poetry at The Room, 33 Holcombe Road, Tottenham Hale, N17 9AS Saturday 5 December 2015 Starts: 7.30 £5 entry plus donation for refreshment A timely and unmissable evening of satire in poetry and […]