• 1ostA5tro6yne@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    9 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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      8 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.