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A Critique of Preferentism

A previous essay suggested ways in which preference-satisfaction utilitarianism (“preferentism”) is superior to forms of utilitarianism that focus on promoting or maximizing desirable states of consciousness (such as pleasure). Preferentism is better equipped to handle cases where it’s intuitive…
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Oakeshott and Liberal Education (October 2024)

Michael Oakeshott was an English political theorist and philosopher who is admired by many conservatives and classical liberals. In this Liberty Matters series, Elizabeth Corey relates Oakeshott's ideal categories of civil and enterprise associations to his ideas about education.
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