Utilitarian

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utilitarian

Title text: Before you tell me I've misunderstood, bear in mind that your email will decrease my happiness.

Votey

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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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Is any of that true?

I don't see how that's relevant.

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