• jsomae@lemmy.ml
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    6 hours ago

    It’s just utilitarianism. Utilitarian generally seems to piss off a lot of lemmites though; I thought people would have a more negative reaction to it here.

    (Btw I agree the number of people harmed is larger but I think it’s debatable whether or not the (per-person) severity of the harm is larger.)

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      5 hours ago

      utilitarianism: for when you need the worst possible take delivered in the most insufferable manner using the least amount of critical faculty to answer the questions nobody asked.

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        4 hours ago

        All that true and it works ™

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

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          4 hours 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.

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            3 hours 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.