Matthew Adelstein
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5996337 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Matthew Adelstein |
| PRENOMES | Matthew |
| SOBRENOME | Adelstein |
| ASSINATURA | ADELSTEIN M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9704-025X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 4 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
A Presumptuous Path to Theism, Modal Realism, or Axiarchism
We argue that adopting the Self-Indication Assumption (SIA)—a thesis about self-locating evidence, according to which your existence favours theories on which there are more observers who you yourself might be over theories on which there are fewer—strongly confirms the disjunction of theism, modal realism, or axiarchism. We say that if SIA is correct, your existence becomes highly surprising on garden-variety atheism. For almost certainly, if ea…
Utilitarianism, Deontology, and Ethical Veganism
Two individuals can both be ethical vegans but disagree on the normative basis of their moral beliefs. This article will look at the development of two competing theories that hold prominence in debates among animal advocates: utilitarianism and deontology. Next, we turn toward their divergence in epistemology, the moral status of experiences and individuals, and the limits of permissibility. Last, we unite utilitarianism and deontology by noting…
The Sequence Argument Against the Procreation Asymmetry
The procreation asymmetry is a widely held view in ethics, claiming that one should make existing people happy but has no reason to make happy people. Here, I shall present a new objection demonstrating from modest premises that one has a reason to take a sequence of actions that simply creates a happy person; yet this judgment in combination with plausible principles about sequences of actions entails that one has some reason to simply create a …
Alternatives to the self-indication assumption are doomed
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Utilitarianism, Deontology, and Ethical Veganism
Two individuals can both be ethical vegans but disagree on the normative basis of their moral beliefs. This article will look at the development of two competing theories that hold prominence in debates among animal advocates: utilitarianism and deontology. Next, we turn toward their divergence in epistemology, the moral status of experiences and individuals, and the limits of permissibility. Last, we unite utilitarianism and deontology by noting…
The Sequence Argument Against the Procreation Asymmetry
The procreation asymmetry is a widely held view in ethics, claiming that one should make existing people happy but has no reason to make happy people. Here, I shall present a new objection demonstrating from modest premises that one has a reason to take a sequence of actions that simply creates a happy person; yet this judgment in combination with plausible principles about sequences of actions entails that one has some reason to simply create a …
Alternatives to the self-indication assumption are doomed
A Presumptuous Path to Theism, Modal Realism, or Axiarchism
We argue that adopting the Self-Indication Assumption (SIA)—a thesis about self-locating evidence, according to which your existence favours theories on which there are more observers who you yourself might be over theories on which there are fewer—strongly confirms the disjunction of theism, modal realism, or axiarchism. We say that if SIA is correct, your existence becomes highly surprising on garden-variety atheism. For almost certainly, if ea…
Epistemology (3 obras) · Philosophy (3 obras) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (2 obras) · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (1 obras) · Argument (complex analysis (1 obras) · Asymmetry (1 obras) · Biology (1 obras) · Deontological ethics (1 obras) · Endocrinology (1 obras) · Engineering (1 obras)