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tvink
3 months ago
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The Responsibility of Intellectuals (1967)
utilitarianism is when you add up the suffering. stalin made number go up, mother teresa made number go down. these are also not the only options.
smitty1e
3 months ago
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Nevertheless, whoever controls the definition of "suffering" is powerful.
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