I disagree that QRI’s comparative advantage, such as it is, is figuring out the correctness of moral realism or hedonistic utilitarianism. “Your philosophers were so preoccupied with whether or not they should, they didn’t even stop to think if they could.”
You’re right. The questions of moral realism and hedonistic utilitarianism do make me skeptical about QRI’s research (as I currently understand it), but doing research starting from uncertain premises definitely can be worthwhile.
I disagree that QRI’s comparative advantage, such as it is, is figuring out the correctness of moral realism or hedonistic utilitarianism. “Your philosophers were so preoccupied with whether or not they should, they didn’t even stop to think if they could.”
You’re right. The questions of moral realism and hedonistic utilitarianism do make me skeptical about QRI’s research (as I currently understand it), but doing research starting from uncertain premises definitely can be worthwhile.