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Our latest guest essay on utilitarianism.net is 'Buddhism and Utilitarianism', by Calvin Baker. Here I'll just reproduce the final section comparing…

Teo Ajantaival 4y 10 0 0 Would an agent who accepted strong pessimism [i.e. the view that there are no independent goods]—which I absolutely believe we should reject—have most reason to end their own life? Not necessarily. An altruistic agent with this evaluative outlook would have strong instrumental reason to remain alive, in order to alleviate the suffering of others. I agree that life can be worth living for our positive roles in terms of reducing overall suffering or dukkha. More than that, such a view seems (to me at least) like a perfectly valid view on what constitutes evaluative meani

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