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gamer00
philosophy
2yPublished via Ecency
"Don't be Evil"
"Don't be Evil"
(I had no idea I'd be writing about politics today.) Hey! Let's start with Elie Wiesel: "The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference." I was reading the comments on a YT video "How
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atheistrepublic
Atheism
5y
Utilitarianism vs the Value of Consent
Utilitarianism vs the Value of Consent
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dullhawk
ethics
7y
Embracing the utility of evil is pragmatic
Embracing the utility of evil is pragmatic
Last week I listened to an interview. The author being interviewed was a raging pragmatist. Very utilitarian. I found the interview disgusting for all the same reasons I always find pragmatism and
zhangchao
china
7y
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Anti-epidemic plasma is a Trolley Problem in real life | 抗疫血浆是一道现实生活中的电车难题
Anti-epidemic plasma is a Trolley Problem in real life | 抗疫血浆是一道现实生活中的电车难题
See two news today: The director of Jinyintan Hospital urges recovered patients to donate plasma to save critical patients Six people who were discharged from Shanghai Xinguan were willing to donate plasma
dana-edwards
life
7y
How I prefer to make big (important) decisions
How I prefer to make big (important) decisions
How I prefer to make big (important) decisions First let me define a big decision as a decision which would potentially effect a lot of people (stakeholders). The greater the potential impact of the decision
honeybee
philosophy
7y
Mother spends a week in jail after Police Mix-up.
Mother spends a week in jail after Police Mix-up.
In political philosophy there is a powerful argument against utilitarianism that runs as follows: If utilitarianism is true, then it is sometimes good to punish the innocent. The innocent person may suffer
ekklesiagora
ethics
8y
Utilitarian Natural Law Theory: Consequentialist Deontological Virtue Ethics
Utilitarian Natural Law Theory: Consequentialist Deontological Virtue Ethics
Utilitarianism seems self-evidently true. You can disagree with the particulars, but the essence is correct—happiness and pleasure are good, while suffering and pain are bad. The utilitarianism of Mill
krishool
liberty
8y
Utilitarianism is Useful, Voluntarism is Moral
Utilitarianism is Useful, Voluntarism is Moral
Utilitarianism, social justice, communism and all forms of collectivism regard the supreme rule of ethics as the ends justifying the means, however, in individual ethics, this notion is the denial of all
nowtrk
chicago
8y
my one way
my one way
Utilitarianism is determined by the usefulness and consequences of how and why an act contributes to the increase of human benefit and happiness. In other words, it is utilitarianism to pay attention to
exitingthecave
ethics
8y
Plato Versus Mill On The Pleasure Principle: Mill Loses
Plato Versus Mill On The Pleasure Principle: Mill Loses
…after more than two thousand years the same discussions continue, philosophers are still ranged under the same contending banners, and neither thinkers nor mankind at large seem nearer to being unanimous
exitingthecave
ethics
9y
Autism and Trolleys – One Good Reason To Reject Utilitarianism
Autism and Trolleys – One Good Reason To Reject Utilitarianism
In recent years, it has been speculated that Jeremy Bentham was an autist. This speculation arises out of Bentham’s extreme attempts at systematizing human interactions in his formulation of Utilitarianism.
juvyjabian
contractualism
9y
Contractualism has its known option which utilitarianism
Contractualism has its known option which utilitarianism
Contractualism has its known option which utilitarianism Image Source When the contractualist question is gotten some information about specific standards or practices, however around a whole arrangement
juvyjabian
utilitarianism
9y
The ultimate yielding of welfare which is the demand of utilitarianism has no limits
The ultimate yielding of welfare which is the demand of utilitarianism has no limits
The ultimate yielding of welfare which is the demand of utilitarianism has no limits Image Source There is no restriction to what a man may do to enhance the world, with the exception of the limits of
dana-edwards
philosophy
9y
Manufacturing happiness through capitalism (utilitarian capitalism)
Manufacturing happiness through capitalism (utilitarian capitalism)
Manufacturing happiness through capitalism So in my previous post I brought up the question of whether the "free market" which I don't believe actually exists, is aiming to achieve the goal of
juvyjabian
utilitarianism
9y
Individual welfare has been taken by utilitarianism as subject of ethical thought
Individual welfare has been taken by utilitarianism as subject of ethical thought
Individual welfare has been taken by utilitarianism as subject of ethical thought Image Source There are numerous types of utilitarianism, they differ about how welfare is to be evaluated, and about different
elaswe
life
9y
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Bad news
Bad news
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stevedeery
meliorism
9y
#10 - Is setting goals ultimately meaningless? - Problem of the Paradox of the End - Meliorism
#10 - Is setting goals ultimately meaningless? - Problem of the Paradox of the End - Meliorism
In part #10, the penultimate blog on this topic, I want to look at the concept of meliorism and the view that the world is capable of improvement by us by rightly directed human effort. Will it help? In
raztard
philosophy
9y
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Who matters? And who cares?
Who matters? And who cares?
This is part II of a planned series of posts on the foundations of ethics. In the first part (which you should probably read first if you haven't) I made the case that ethics (from a systems perspective)
juvyjabian
utilitarianism
9y
Brief understanding on the features of utilitarianism
Brief understanding on the features of utilitarianism
Brief understanding on the features of utilitarianism Image Source Utility is the inclusive currency on the grounds that the interest to it is sanely the majority of a piece with the interest to alternate
thoughtlabs
ethics
9y
Bernard Williams on what makes consequentialism a distinctive moral theory
Bernard Williams on what makes consequentialism a distinctive moral theory
Bernard Williams on what makes consequentialism a distinctive moral theory For this week’s Argument in the Wild, I’ll be reading and discussing Bernard William’s “A Critique of Utilitarianism” from

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