Indeed, and a commenter there pointed out an interesting paper by Richard Yetter Chappell (pdf) which explores and argues against this claim by Korsgaard:
In utilitarianism, people and animals don’t really matter at all; they are just the place where the valuable things happen.
The title of the paper is “Value Receptacles”. I haven’t read it yet but I suspect it would be of interest to many here.
Indeed, and a commenter there pointed out an interesting paper by Richard Yetter Chappell (pdf) which explores and argues against this claim by Korsgaard:
The title of the paper is “Value Receptacles”. I haven’t read it yet but I suspect it would be of interest to many here.