DaVinci Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 I'm curious to get some opinions on Desirism from people here as I don't think it has been discussed here before. http://desirism.wikia.com/wiki/Desirism http://wordsideasandthings.blogspot.com/2011/05/what-is-desirism.html
Joey M Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 I think desirism has some good qualities, but some terrible ones that need to be addressed as well. In reading what Desirism is, there was a statement I found mindboggling in your first source: " In the case of simple conflicting desires, there may not be an answer - there just may be conflict and no way to resolve it." If a rapist has a desire to rape, and the victim obviously does not have such a desire, there is no way to resolve it? The NAP and UPB isn't centered around happiness and desires being the goal, they're centered around morality being the goal. Slave owners weren't happy when their slaves were freed, does that mean slavery should have continued? Of course not.
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