#utalitarianism

162. (26 dec 2022)

Came because other people I followed said they thought you were cool. Stayed because they were right.

But it was understood, somehow it was understood, that utilitarian ethicists didn’t actually rob banks so they could give the money to the poor. The end result of throwing away all ethical constraint wouldn’t actually be sunshine and roses and happiness for all. The prescription of consequentialism was to take the action that led to the best net consequences, not actions that had one positive consequence and wrecked everything else along the way. Expected utility maximizers were allowed to take common sense into account, when they were calculating their expectations.

Conscious of the paradox of using capitalist-style advertising in the service of revolutionary goals, they created ads that promoted Communist ideology as well as state products.