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contractualist OP t1_iufzb9s wrote

Reply to comment by shockingdevelopment in Freedom vs. Utility (the modern Euthyphro dilemma) by contractualist

Step 1) freedom, step 2) reason, step 3) social contract. The article is arguing that freedom, not utility, is step 1.

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shockingdevelopment t1_iug36v8 wrote

But you only mean "freedom" in that humans are smart enough to make choices. In your sense It's just a prerequisite for anything we do. Not something especially related to ethics at all.

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