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Episode 9: Utilitarian Ethics: What Should We Do?

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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The Principle of Utilitarianism

i was pleasantly surprised by the mill reading on the subtleties involved and his reactions to many of the arguments against a in some ways, you i guess, i had seen it as a failure of utilitarianism. I do like the nician idea, sort of taken from aristotle, but made more individualistic, of younow, what kind of person do you really want to be? Just reflect on that deeply and think about that as a guiding on daily basis. And sometimes these kind of things helps me make better moral decisions. You don't want to ruin your own life with bad habits or not telling the truth all the time. It's very useful to have this type of thought

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