• WldFyre@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    From a utilitarian perspective

    Pretty sure that’s not what utilitarianism means lol

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      1 month ago

      Maximizing the utility of labor? I’m alluding to using the components of the scenario in the most efficient way.

      How would you express it?

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        1 month ago

        The “utility” of utilitarianism isn’t that type of utility. IIRC it generally refers to the idea of maximizing happiness and minimizing harm, with a focus on outcomes of the whole, rather than the individual. Efficiency of labor doesn’t explicitly factor into it.

        Personally, I think you’re just rationalizing being lazy and potentially causing harm to others, which isn’t utilitarian at all.