Earl Biringer Mar 24, 2013

it was ok bookshelves: philosophy

's review

There is only one rational basis for thinking about ethics, and that is the reality of suffering. Regan does not realize that it is irrelevant whether his rights-based theory is internally coherent and sounds pretty - it has no basis in empirical reality. To refute him, all one has to say is "No, that's not true." An explanation of why it is not true isn't required - he gives no reasons for believing it is true.



Nonsense on stilts indeed! (and this is coming from a committed vegan!).