but it’s not going to be “read out” of neuroscience without deciding a bunch of evaluative (or philosophy of mind) questions.
Sure, but I don’t think we can predict that there will be a lot of room for deciding those philosophy of mind questions whichever way one wants to. One simply has to wait for the research results to come in. With more data to constrain the interpretations, the number and spread of plausible stable reflective equilibria might be very small.
I agree with Jayson that it is not mandatory or wise to maximize hedons. And that is because hedons are not the only valuable things. But they do constitute one valuable category. And in seeking them, the total utilitarians are closer to the right approach than the average utilitarians (I will argue in a separate reply).
Sure, but I don’t think we can predict that there will be a lot of room for deciding those philosophy of mind questions whichever way one wants to. One simply has to wait for the research results to come in. With more data to constrain the interpretations, the number and spread of plausible stable reflective equilibria might be very small.
I agree with Jayson that it is not mandatory or wise to maximize hedons. And that is because hedons are not the only valuable things. But they do constitute one valuable category. And in seeking them, the total utilitarians are closer to the right approach than the average utilitarians (I will argue in a separate reply).