Editing Utilitarian

{{comic
	| number    = 5264
	| date      = May 6, 2019
	| title     = utilitarian
	| image     = 1557236742-20190506.png
	| votey     = 155714595820190506after.png
	| titletext = Before you tell me I've misunderstood, bear in mind that your email will decrease my happiness.
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==Explanation==
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==Transcript==
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:I just don't buy utilitarianism! You can't reduce human morality to totting up the sum of happiness!
:I mean, suppose utilitarianism is "true." " like, imagine there's a moral deity who, in his book of the universe, wrote down the laws
:Of morality, and they're simple utilitarian formulae.
:Good!
:Well, that'd be in of depressing, wouldn't it? It'd mean we exist in a universe where it's ethical to kill one person to save five. A universe where it's *good* to be happy that an enemy of yours has died. A universe where it might be acceptable to kill socrates if he's immiserated athens!
:Even in that universe, you'd much rather believe in a homan-friendly virtue ethics that values truth and justice - the victory of the righteous over the wicked.
:What's your point?
:Belief in
:Utilitarianism will make you
:Less happy!
:If utilitarianism is correct, the most utilitarian thing you can do is not believe in utilitarianismi
:Is that a paradox or just a proof that life is bad for humans?
:I like to think god has been laughing nonstop since the universe
:Started.
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==Votey Transcript==
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:Is any of that true?
:I don't see how that's relevant.
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