Knowledge, Reality, and Value Book Club: Huemer’s Last Word, Part 2

Here’s Part 2 of Huemer’s final word on our recent Book Club.

9) On consent and my paradox for moderate deontology:

BC:      How is this different from a person who foolishly refuses to consent to a vaccination, even though he admits that the benefit of the vaccine greatly exceeds the pain of the needle? As you explain in The Problem of Political Authority, we have no right to benefit him given his explicit refusal to consent.

I’m on board with the idea that it’s wrong to harm one person withou...