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Bentham, Mill, and the Utilitarians

Political Theory 101

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Is All Bachelors Unmarried?

GE Moore argues that following Hume, we can't reduce an ought to an is. He also goes further to say that the good is not definable. If you anchor the good to pleasure and pain, most people have to admit they care about those things. And so if it's not obvious what the good is, why should I care about it?

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