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an aside AlannaDawn - 26/04/2004 08:35:15 PM

I would like to see people more selfless, but one can not force them to be selfless and less materialistic. Just go about your own life bettering society and dont attempt to force your own will upon others.
I think her argument (though not well articulated) was a mixture of equal parts epicurianism ("People should be happy, blah blah&quot and utilitarianism a la Bentham and Mills. I don't think it was all "Pleasure" but also included that people should do what they can to Maximize world happiness. In other words, some people may be dying of aids, but the happiness of others, like herself, if it leads to more overall happiness, makes that okay. More happiness= better world, even if it is not equally distributed. I think most Americans, at least subconsciously, agree.



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This infuriates me so much! - 26/04/2004 03:22:33 PM 208 Views
So, this person has a different opinion, so you want to punch her? - 26/04/2004 03:29:01 PM 17 Views
She was being a b*tch about it *NM* - 26/04/2004 03:32:55 PM 4 Views
Didn't sound like it... - 26/04/2004 03:35:32 PM 27 Views
uh...crap. - 26/04/2004 03:40:48 PM 32 Views
Obviously not. *NM* - 26/04/2004 03:42:48 PM 2 Views
what? *NM* - 26/04/2004 03:32:43 PM 2 Views
That girl is something of an idiot. - 26/04/2004 03:42:21 PM 32 Views
indeed - 26/04/2004 04:02:47 PM 12 Views
I didn't know you were so dangerous - 26/04/2004 03:46:19 PM 17 Views
I think Gavroche was being something of an idiot. *NM* - 26/04/2004 04:17:26 PM 4 Views
Gavy is always something of an idiot - 26/04/2004 04:18:15 PM 26 Views
Me too!! - 26/04/2004 04:22:10 PM 14 Views
get over it - 26/04/2004 04:58:09 PM 15 Views
lighten up - 26/04/2004 05:07:59 PM 18 Views
Question - 26/04/2004 05:54:58 PM 12 Views
someone I know, but it occurred online - 26/04/2004 06:22:52 PM 6 Views
Yeah, that bugs the hell out of me, too. - 26/04/2004 06:04:24 PM 18 Views
The debate about epicurianism is millenia old. - 26/04/2004 07:06:44 PM 16 Views
and that's what I'm a proponent of! *NM* - 26/04/2004 07:10:28 PM 3 Views
But that is you. - 26/04/2004 07:22:47 PM 13 Views
ah, but that is not my plan - 26/04/2004 07:44:12 PM 12 Views
an aside - 26/04/2004 08:35:15 PM 14 Views
Everyone has a right to an opinion, even if it is stupid. - 26/04/2004 10:21:05 PM 11 Views
damn *nods vigorously* - 27/04/2004 03:22:17 AM 8 Views
just accept the fact that you have dif ideas and move on *NM* - 27/04/2004 01:33:31 AM 2 Views