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shockingdevelopment t1_iufyn7b wrote

Reply to comment by contractualist in Freedom vs. Utility (the modern Euthyphro dilemma) by contractualist

With social contract theory you're conceding that your argument for freedom being the foundation of morality relies on restrictions on freedom to get off the ground at all...

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contractualist OP t1_iufzb9s wrote

Step 1) freedom, step 2) reason, step 3) social contract. The article is arguing that freedom, not utility, is step 1.

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shockingdevelopment t1_iug36v8 wrote

But you only mean "freedom" in that humans are smart enough to make choices. In your sense It's just a prerequisite for anything we do. Not something especially related to ethics at all.

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