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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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so anyways my ethics classes are going great im having a fun great awesome cool fun great poggers time

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You're probably aware of this inherent contradiction by for the sake of any third parties reading:

TotallynotJessica is advocating for virtue, contract, and rule based ethical paradigms based on the hypothesis that they will, in general, more effectively lead to outcomes preferred by utilitarianism.

I think this contradiction is only important to people that are entrenched on one side or the other (or the other, or the other). For people that just want to understand how to make good decisions in their lives it's a bit of a moot point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

It certainly helps with the annoying parts of ethics. It made it more accessible to know that most past philosophers wasted time chasing the unobtainable and ignoring what is useful.