> Pragmatic utilitarism. That's an acceptance that philosophy is useful. Pragmatic utilitarian is one kind of philosophy. > The problem is labelling what is b

> Pragmatic utilitarism. That's an acceptance that philosophy is useful. Pragmatic utilitarian is one kind of philosophy. > The problem is labelling what is beneficial and what is not. That is a value judgement. See my reply to the other post above. [1] Philosophy is the discipline that specialises in the problem of rational analysis of value judgements. A good way to agree on which rights and valuable benefits to use is to discuss them philosophically. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14007546 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14007546