Point-by-point critique of Ord’s “Why I’m Not a Negative Utilitarian”
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A detailed response to Toby Ord’s influential essay: “Why I’m Not a Negative Utilitarian” from CRS Researcher Magnus Vinding
The following is a reply to Toby Ord’s “Why I’m Not a Negative Utilitarian” (2013). Ord’s essay seems to have been quite influential, and is often cited as an essay that makes strong points against negative utilitarianism. While a number of critical replies have already been written, I still think there are many problematic things in Ord’s essay that have not yet been properly criticized. For example, the essay does not only make misleading and problematic claims about negative utilitarianism, but also about the moral and political views of Karl Popper. Thus, I feel a thorough…
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