If any psychological or subjective theory of ethics is true, then virtue has no intrinsic value. justice has no intrinsic value. the motive of duty has no intrinsic value. pleasure has no intrinsic value. if I desire something, that thing is good.
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Interpret "psychological or subjective theory of ethics" as the view that moral goodness is constituted by psychological states (desires, approvals). For the argument take the strong, characteristic form: for any object x, x is good exactly when some agent desires Show more…
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