The Epistemic Argument for Hedonism

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Neil Sinhababu
National University of Singapore
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I defend hedonism about moral value by first presenting an argument for moral skepticism, and then showing that phenomenal introspection gives us a unique way to defeat the skeptical argument and establish pleasure's goodness.
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