• @jsomae@lemmy.ml
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    11 day ago

    All that true and it works ™

    Now we just need people to listen to our hot takes and we’re set.

    • 1ostA5tro6yne
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      21 day ago

      funny thing is the last time i bothered thinking about utilitarianism was when i was reading about the zizians using it to justify murdering just whoever they pleased. i’m not convinced it works, it’s a school of philosophy for stupid pedants who want to feel smart and justified in whatever they already think.

      • @jsomae@lemmy.ml
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        21 day ago

        well the zizians were obviously insane, nobody likes them. The rationalists disowned them, just like they disowned FTX.

        As a moral philosophy, I am not certain about utilitarianism. But outside of morality, if you’re going to have preferences, you might as well do the math.