01/27/2019
The Infinite Regress and Circularity Objections
If one tries to defend desirism, one will soon encounter the objection that it is either circular, or it commits the advocate to an infinite regress.
Why is it the case?
Well, we start with the definition of "good"
"good" = "is such as to fulfill the desires in question"
A reminder on what it is to fulfill a desire. Desires are propositional attitudes that can be expressed in the form, "Agent desires that P". For example, "P" represents the proposition "Alonzo desires to post on the