Friday, January 31, 2014

Utilitarianism and its consequences


Danger of Utilitarianism 
On ideas that screwed up the world Brings me to another writer of the 18th century 
John Stuart Mill 1806-1873 Book "Utilitarianism" 


We begin at his childhood. John Mill reported that his father didn't treat him like a son, but an *Experiment* pushing him far beyond his young mind should have been pushed. He hadEpicureanism shoved down his young throat.     

Fast forward: since John Mill grew up an Atheist rejecting the idea of original sin; he most likely never could have imagined how damaging the ideas from his book would be on a world: 

Nutshell: Utilitarianism can be broken down into a very overly simplistic
 *Double Equation*..

Good = Pleasure 
Evil = Pain 

Besides the very obviously flawed view. E.G sleeping with my Neighbor's wife might bring  her and I pleasure but the effects of adultery on her family and mine will be damaging.

 Or. Suppose I want to kill someone because they happen to be in the lives of people I care about. But They are blocking my goals of having the types of friendships with them that I want. So I decide to murder them. It may bring me pleasure knowing this person is erased from my life. But I still committed murder. And even though I don't "feel" pain doesn't mean that what I did wasn't evil! 

In conclusion: To bad John Stuart Mill never followed is ideas to their logical conclusion. And to bad henever bothered to ask "What is a moral pleasure" and "what makes pleasures moral?"

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