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Squark09 OP t1_iwicrpf wrote

Reply to comment by RelativeCheesecake10 in Utilitarianism is the only option — but you have to take conscious experience seriously first by Squark09

I don't think "people themselves" really full exist as independent entities outside of a web of experience. Then the value in someone's individuality comes from the experiences associated with that individuality.

This is the point about rejecting closed individualism

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RelativeCheesecake10 t1_iwie9eh wrote

This is a good response, but I don’t think it quite works. You’re still requiring that the experience of happiness is the only morally significant component of humanness, which doesn’t seem true.

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Squark09 OP t1_iwig291 wrote

I'm not saying it necessarily has to be happiness, any positive experience counts

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