Desirism​

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​Good Desires and Better Worlds

03/29/2017

Consequences Are Everything? (20170328)  Alonzo Fyfe  Introduction  In the podcast episode “Serious Inquiries Only Episode 27: What Grounds our Morals? With Aaron Rabi." host Thomas Smith attempted to defend the position that, in matters of morality, “consequences are everything.” Here. I wish to offer a critique of that statement and, with it, a basic (simplified) account of the three types of moral theories – utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue theory. This simplification will help to

03/22/2017

This blog concerns desirism - the thesis that morality is primarily concerned with the evaluation of desires. The moral value of actions (right and wrong), laws (just and unjust), and the like are all derived from the initial evaluation of desires. First, we determine which desires are good or bad,. Then, we determine what actions, laws, institutions, or practices that a person with good desires and lacking bad desires would support. This tells us the moral quality of such things. So, how do

03/19/2017

First impressions . . . I hear they matter. Though, actually, it is likely that the first posting of a blog is likely one of the least read pages. After all, there is no audience yet. Nobody even knows that the site exists. Is there anybody there to read this? Hullo? Well, in case somebody wanders here, they likely would like some information about this site. The first questions somebody may want answers to is, "Who are you?" and "What are you doing here?" Who am I, and what am I doing here?

02/21/2018