There are some particular moral truths that I believe we have access to (such as the one not to inflict pain on a sentient being for no reason).
Torbjorn TannsjoI am indeed a hedonistic utilitarian. I have defended hedonistic utilitarianism for quite a while.
Torbjorn TannsjoI want to think that there are better ways of obviating murder than to resort to capital punishment, but I realise that this may be wishful thinking on my part.
Torbjorn TannsjoIt is obvious, I think, that national democracy withers. This has to do with globalisation.
Torbjorn TannsjoIt is true that it feels very differently to enjoy a good meal, taking part in an interesting conversation, or to think of how successful your children are. Suppose we do all these things at a particular time. How happy are we at the time? We do not need to calculate the value of each such feelings on any singular scale to answer this question. We need not see our happiness at the time as a mathematical function of these items. It is rather that all these experiences, together with many other factors, causally puts us at the time at a certain level of happiness, i.e. in a certain mood.
Torbjorn Tannsjo