Utilitarian Quotes by Torbjorn Tannsjo

Being a moral realist I see normative ethics as a search of the truth about our obligations and a search of explanation; the idea…

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

I do believe that what I have called populist democracy is to be preferred to what I have called elitist democracy.

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

It is true that it feels very differently to enjoy a good meal, taking part in an interesting conversation, or to think of how…

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

It is obvious that humanity faces existential threats of a global nature. They are global in the sense that is not possible to deal…

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

To kill or not to kill, that was the question that haunted me.

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

Are there any good arguments in defence of moral nihilism? I think not.

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

According to deontology it is wrong to kill an innocent human being, period.

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

How could it be that I had a legal obligation to kill people I did not know, and who did certainly not consent to…

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

I want to think that there are better ways of obviating murder than to resort to capital punishment, but I realise that this may…

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

Even where people in different cultures agree they may all have gone wrong.

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

The Chinese are generally speaking much more reluctant than Westerners to killing as a means to the rescue of lives.

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

I am indeed a hedonistic utilitarian. I have defended hedonistic utilitarianism for quite a while.

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

What we need is legislation, not negotiation, for the entire globe.

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

There comes a time where next to everyone will resort to techniques that enhance cognitive, mental including emotive, physical, and other capacities. When this…

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

I believe that one basic question, what we ought to do, period (the moral question), is a genuine one. There exists a true answer…

— Torbjorn Tannsjo