Negative utilitarianism, by David Pearce
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Description: Challenges the moral symmetry of pleasure and pain. Most philosophers jump to the conclusion that it would justify erasing the world were that the only way to eradicate suffering - however it is a little more complicated than that.
Utilitarianism: negative utilitarianism "A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff nature replaces it with" Happily, there is a much better way to rid the natural world of its endemic nastiness. This is to use biotechnology to eradicate aversive experience in all sentient life. Life-long happiness can be genetically pre-programmed. In the post-Darwinian Era, applied nanotechnology will extend hedonic engineering to all life-forms on the planet.
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| Description: | Negative-utilitarianism challenges the moral symmetry of pleasure and pain. It would justify erasing the world were that the only way to eradicate suffering |
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