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>for example, when Vaush tried to debate a feminist philosopher about trans people and defaulted to linguistic changes throughout history that made no sense
Yeah I remember that debate, completely retarded stuff.
> With necrophilia, a dead body cannot consent
Small objection; Mill doesn't address about the consent of dead bodies in fact utilitarians wish to be able to forcefully take the liver out of people that have just died to increase the quality of others to maximize happiness this could be extended to, maximizing happiness by a person engaging in sex with such body.
Major objection; A dead body can provide consent prior to death, in a will perhaps with their partner perhaps for this to happen or with anyone if they really wanted to.
>desecration of the dead body destroys public trust in burial or funeral institutions
That would equally apply to marriage institutions and would lead to the objection of gay marriage hence why I hear no leftist utilitarian actually caring about "institutions" if they believe they have a better way of doing things.
>incest involves power imbalances
Incest can be consented to through adults and it doesn't necessarily entail and power dynamics because the siblings could be of similar age, life experience, income etc.
So it can be reduced to the acceptance of it.
>if necrophilia was universal, dignity of persons collapses. Also, treating bodies as objects violates the duty to treat humanity as an end in itself.
please tell this to a utilitarian and tell them why they can't harvest body organs to increase happiness for the greatest number of people.
I think for this exact reason this is why they don't bring up the arguments you're bringing up, well I lied vaush brought up this objection to Andrew which didn't work very well, I'd suggest refreshing yourself with that debate.