Thursday, July 19, 2012

Copernican Revolution and Utilitarianism

As part of Medieval Theology, Geocentrism is no mere Astronomical theory, but is an expression of a Spirit-Matter Moral hierarchy, with the Earth at not the center, but at the bottom of the cosmos.  Accordingly, a Moral system that inverts that order is Hedonism, for which Pleasure makes the world go round, and proximity to which is a criterion of the value of anything else in the universe.  In contrast, in Kantianism, Morality is independent of any physical ordering.  Thus, Utilitarianism is a more accurate reflection of a Moral 'Copernican revolution' than is Kant's doctrine.

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