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Re:What’s so bad about Scientism? by AstralStorm on Friday March 31, 2017 @12:56PM (#14005684)
Pragmatic utilitarism. It works and produces most beneficial results among tested methods.

The problem is labelling what is beneficial and what is not. That is a value judgement. But if certain human rights are universal, we can agree on at least a subset of benefits.

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Re:What’s so bad about Scientism? by TuringTest on Friday March 31, 2017 @04:06PM (#14007632)
> 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

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