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Originally Posted by Blowtus
is there not a relatively complete loss of responsibility for ones own specific happiness?
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lol, interesting thought.
others have a duty to make sure I'm happy, in their pursuit to make the greatest happiness for the greatest number...why should I do anything? It's the welfare state problem--will you put me in jail for not contributing to the greatest good of the greatest number if I'm not being a criminal? will you let me starve to death? if not, should I bother working hard to make millions that will just be distributed to others to have their basic goods?
It's kinda like the same problem of communism where it really relies on a population of people who really believe in it and want to maintain it, rather than happily exploit it.
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Originally Posted by Blowtus
Does anyone have or has anyone read similar response to utilitarianism, or any defence from such response?
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naa, to be honest, this is a new and intrigueing perspective to me. I've always heard it faulted on logical grounds, and mocked it myself for its arbitrariness, but not heard 'stipulate it in existence, what are the consequences of this prima facie noble theory?' thoughts.