Ah, so you’re saying that the best thing one can do is to optimize the amount of happiness in the world. The supporting arguments I found in your post are:
You don’t like thinking about suffering; and
One could do a lot worse than be a positive utilitarian.
ETA: Ah, ignore this comment.
Those two points don’t seem compelling at all.
No, that is absurd, you just said, You are not saying A, you are saying B (in your first paragraph) I said, Yes, I am saying B, and now you said I am saying A...…
I am saying that For me, and possibly for other people around there, the best thing is to Max happiness/preferences. I just want these people to feel confortable with that.
I think with the edit I made clear now that I’m not arguing in favor of positive utilitarianism. It seems that the default assumption is always that if a person is describing a position, they are arguing for it.
Ah, so you’re saying that the best thing one can do is to optimize the amount of happiness in the world. The supporting arguments I found in your post are:
You don’t like thinking about suffering; and
One could do a lot worse than be a positive utilitarian.
ETA: Ah, ignore this comment. Those two points don’t seem compelling at all.
No, that is absurd, you just said, You are not saying A, you are saying B (in your first paragraph) I said, Yes, I am saying B, and now you said I am saying A...…
I am saying that For me, and possibly for other people around there, the best thing is to Max happiness/preferences. I just want these people to feel confortable with that.
I think with the edit I made clear now that I’m not arguing in favor of positive utilitarianism.
It seems that the default assumption is always that if a person is describing a position, they are arguing for it.
Ah, I misunderstood your response before the edit.