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#214 - Cosmic Skeptic - How Do We Define What Is Good & Bad?
Modern Wisdom
The Ethics of Utilitarianism
The maximization of pleasure is the criterion of good, but that's not what we should actually do in order to achieve that good. The classic kind of argument against utilitarianism is something like an instance of a gang rape or something. And so when faced with an ethical dilemma like that, you've kind of got two choices. You either have to further adapt or explain your utilitarianism, or maybe you have to adopt deontology.
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