The Transitivity of the Betterness RelationToby Handfield (Monash University)
August 10, 2012, 3:15pm - 4:15pm
Philosophy & Bioethics Departments, Monash University
Philosophy Department Library (Room 916, Bldg. 11, Menzies West)
55 Wellington Rd
Clayton 3800
Australia
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University of Alabama, Birmingham
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Note: Work in Progress Talk
Abstract: If A is better than B and B is better than C, then A is better than C, right? Larry Temkin and Stuart Rachels say: No! Betterness is intransitive, they claim. In this paper, I discuss the central arguments advanced by Temkin and Rachels for this radical idea, and identify what appears to be a more plausible alternative.
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