Utilitarian-judgment

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utilitarian-judgment

Title text: Other than the silent part, this explains a lot of Internet behavior.

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The natural outcome of utilitarian ethics is that we should be as judgmental

Of other people

How do

As possible.

You figure?

When you judge other people in your mind, you feel better, but they don't feel worse.

Thus, additional silent judgment is always a net positive to total happiness.

Therefore, any proper utilitarian system should favor deep-seated loathing of other people's tastes and habits, hidden beneath an opaque cloak of civility

I dunno what sort of people would want to live in such a system?

Did you know that utilitarianism was invented in britain?

Who00aaa.

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