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Peter Singer on Consequentialism

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Hedonistic Utilitarianism

i'm really interested in the particular kind of consequentialism that you now embrace. There are many different sorts of utilitarianism around, where people try to weigh the different sorts of goods they want to maximise. Where do you stand nowe an, this, i am now a classical hedonistic utilitarian. That means that there is ultimately only one thing that is intrinsically good, and that is desirable states of consciousness. And the only thing that is inherently bad is undesirable states of consciousness, pain, misery, suffering.

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