Utilitarianism
In Our Time: Philosophy
Is There a Context in Which Stealing Is OK?
He was wont to get rid of ten commandment type morality, because he saw that the goodness of an action came in how much utility it produced. So if they say, thou shalt not steal, he would say, there's a context in which stealing's ok. In fact, stealing would be morally required,. No. Tell us about that. Well, i mean, if you steal from the rich and give to the poor, o thereby getting greater total of happiness? He would think there was ago, but by his standards, it would necessarily be ok. I mean, he might have to say things about what the general polity should do about it, what the government should do about
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