ISUS
Hey all. this is a great conference, for you consequentialist-types out there. It's every-other-year, and I went to the 2003 conference in Lisbon. Tons of top-notch scholarship for those interested in Utilitarianism and related doctrines. I plan to try out the view upon which my dissertation is based; you know, run it up the flagpole and see who salutes. Probably no one. But that's ok. In philosophy, according to a professor of mine, to get famous, your views don't have to be true; just interesting.
Speaking of this view, I need a new name for it. Here's a brief description:
There is a sufficientarian-style floor set at the level of human subsistence, with additional sufficientarian-style lines above that (relatively coarse-grained). In each case, we maximize the achievement of the lowest lines; in other words, you treat the achievement of these sufficientarian lines in a roughly leximin fashion.
John Roemer calls something like this view "maxificing", but this makes it seem like there's only one line, when in fact there are many. I've been taken to calling it "The Fourth Way"; the other three: egalitarianism, prioritarianism, and sufficientarianism. But that's a little generic. Maybe "The Rocking View"? Maybe "The View that's Hotter than Bond, Cooler than Bullitt?"
Little help?
Speaking of this view, I need a new name for it. Here's a brief description:
There is a sufficientarian-style floor set at the level of human subsistence, with additional sufficientarian-style lines above that (relatively coarse-grained). In each case, we maximize the achievement of the lowest lines; in other words, you treat the achievement of these sufficientarian lines in a roughly leximin fashion.
John Roemer calls something like this view "maxificing", but this makes it seem like there's only one line, when in fact there are many. I've been taken to calling it "The Fourth Way"; the other three: egalitarianism, prioritarianism, and sufficientarianism. But that's a little generic. Maybe "The Rocking View"? Maybe "The View that's Hotter than Bond, Cooler than Bullitt?"
Little help?
posted by dd0031 at 9:12 AM
3 Comments:
How about "sexonomy"? That'll get 'em reading. Or, with the way America's going, how about "My Big Fat Obnoxious View."
Or maybe "The Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie-Woogie View"?
d
Is this all your blog is gonna be? all this nerd stuff? why don't you do something fun, like, take a poll and see who everybody's favorite O.C. character is? Or post some pictures you captured from the new star wars trailer? philosophy is so un-blog-worthy. ha!
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