Comments on: Danger, danger: utilitarianism http://old.blog.sean.whitton.me/2008/06/danger-danger-utilitarianism.html The unexamined life is not worth living ~ Socrates Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:22:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Williams: Morality: An Introduction to Ethics « Notes from the Library http://old.blog.sean.whitton.me/2008/06/danger-danger-utilitarianism.html/comment-page-1#comment-32019 Williams: Morality: An Introduction to Ethics « Notes from the Library Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:00:52 +0000 http://newblog.seanwhitton.com/2008/06/danger-danger-utilitarianism.html#comment-32019 [...] a good deal of that is based on Williams’ crushing attack of utilitarianism, something I stand against, at the end of the book. Raises some very interesting issues. Can’t wait til next [...] [...] a good deal of that is based on Williams’ crushing attack of utilitarianism, something I stand against, at the end of the book. Raises some very interesting issues. Can’t wait til next [...]

]]> By: Utilitarian http://old.blog.sean.whitton.me/2008/06/danger-danger-utilitarianism.html/comment-page-1#comment-26487 Utilitarian Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:23:57 +0000 http://newblog.seanwhitton.com/2008/06/danger-danger-utilitarianism.html#comment-26487 Gang rape scenario : 1) It has to be shown that the pleasure of the rapists would outweigh the suffering of the victim both in terms of intensity and duration. The emotional scars of being raped will last until the victim dies, the pleasure the rapists feel will not. 2) It has to be shown that gang raping someone is a *necessary* evil, that is, there is no possible other way to achieve the same amount of pleasure. Gang rape scenario :

1) It has to be shown that the pleasure of the rapists would outweigh the suffering of the victim both in terms of intensity and duration. The emotional scars of being raped will last until the victim dies, the pleasure the rapists feel will not.

2) It has to be shown that gang raping someone is a *necessary* evil, that is, there is no possible other way to achieve the same amount of pleasure.

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