Utilitarianism - John Stuart Mill

In this video, I take a look at John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism. The work is summarized with reference to Jeremy Bentham and Ursula K. Le Guin's The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, and Rodger Crisp's analogy of Haydn and the Oyster.
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  • @ThenNow
    @ThenNow7 жыл бұрын

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    @agentorange2560

    4 жыл бұрын

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  • @Buonarotti10

    @Buonarotti10

    Жыл бұрын

    Please avoid vocal fry and deliver more loudly. Great program though

  • @kevinabraham9687
    @kevinabraham96874 жыл бұрын

    hi my name is kevin and im watching this video for a college class. my friends decided to watch it with me and we all enjoyed it. we have all watched it a total of 3 times. keep up the great work!

  • @michaelsimmons9324
    @michaelsimmons93243 жыл бұрын

    Who else has a philosophy test in a hour?

  • @emmanuelsouza1413

    @emmanuelsouza1413

    3 жыл бұрын

    Got an ethics exam tomorrow lol

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    @notimportant2478

    3 жыл бұрын

    me, in less than an hour

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    @janvisharma4351

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me, in 54 mins.🤓

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    @ninadonnithorne6530

    2 жыл бұрын

    Tomorrow lol

  • @rahawa774

    @rahawa774

    2 жыл бұрын

    For Gods’s sake you lot - you don’t have time to comment!!

  • @probablynot6995
    @probablynot69955 жыл бұрын

    who wouldnt want to be a cute lil oyster floatin around tho

  • @thisisntsergio1352

    @thisisntsergio1352

    4 жыл бұрын

    Probably not

  • @vincentmalloy8423

    @vincentmalloy8423

    3 жыл бұрын

    not if i can’t conceptualise that i’m a cute lil oyster

  • @amellirizarry9503

    @amellirizarry9503

    2 жыл бұрын

    i’ll pass, but in a perfect world you would have the choice

  • @saraward4773

    @saraward4773

    Ай бұрын

    People now have already begun to choose the oyster. Don't you see? The electronics are our shell. The more we stare at the electronic the more we become adrift in life. Programmed with what those that hate American's what us to believe...Being an oyster is amazing. There is no need to go out and do things and strive for a high quality of life. Sit. Float. We will take care of everything else. All we ask is you go to work 5 days a week for 8 hours each day. Sweet Cute little Oyster.

  • @johndonwood4305
    @johndonwood43055 жыл бұрын

    Just finished reading his book on Utilitarianism. Hard at first because he likes long sentences, but then it gets easier. Very good book.

  • @nunpuiisingson298

    @nunpuiisingson298

    5 жыл бұрын

    I have yet to read the book ughh

  • @johndonwood4305

    @johndonwood4305

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@nunpuiisingson298 It's marvellous. The last three chapters are posed as questions and I found the answers to be based on commonsense than as philosophical conundrums.

  • @PringlesOriginal445

    @PringlesOriginal445

    5 жыл бұрын

    I feel like I will struggle deeply to understand it! Ugh :(

  • @tdreamgmail

    @tdreamgmail

    5 жыл бұрын

    Biggest insight?

  • @madisonaustin9394

    @madisonaustin9394

    2 жыл бұрын

    I literally read the first sentence and just wanted to throw the book across the room.

  • @LogicGated
    @LogicGated Жыл бұрын

    I appreciate how clear and concise this is especially after trucking through his book on utilitarianism

  • @tetebrage
    @tetebrage6 жыл бұрын

    Could you please add substitles??

  • @traposucio2944

    @traposucio2944

    2 жыл бұрын

    They need to be done by someone. It's usually done for free. I believe that's the audience's responsibility. I used to do it when I was learning English, for instance.

  • @azeridevelopswebsites
    @azeridevelopswebsites6 жыл бұрын

    This is a great video! I think it would get more views if you added Bentham VS Mill in the description so that those looking for this subject - such as myself - would be deeply satisfied. This is the best youtube video on this subject by far! Keep up the amazing work!

  • @elizabethstofko93

    @elizabethstofko93

    7 ай бұрын

    And William Sidis..

  • @brayantoledo7073
    @brayantoledo70732 жыл бұрын

    You are the definition of "not all heroes wear capes" awesome videos !

  • @kevinvanbeveren1855
    @kevinvanbeveren18554 жыл бұрын

    I just finished Utilitarianism of Mill and wanted to get a quick recap. Well this video was a perfect summary of the great work of Mill!

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    @holdtight35587 жыл бұрын

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  • @ThenNow

    @ThenNow

    7 жыл бұрын

    This is such appreciated encouragement! It really helps and I'm so glad you like them. Thank you!

  • @thitranlanh1302
    @thitranlanh13025 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your thought and valuing John Stuard Mill.

  • @youngjim7987
    @youngjim79873 жыл бұрын

    wow, I'm really painful to read the original book of utilitarianism 'cause i'm not a native English speaker, but by watching your video I instantly comprehended like a magic. Great Appreciation!Subscribed.

  • @anushmalkhasyan1512
    @anushmalkhasyan15122 ай бұрын

    really cool and meaningful clips in the video, I very much enjoyed the choice of footage as well as the content :)

  • @DrippyWaffler
    @DrippyWaffler2 жыл бұрын

    I've always struggled with justifying rule utilitarianism but you gave me the perfect explanation of my own internal thought process - if a society could sacrifice 10,000 citizens for the happiness of 10,000,000 , would it not be less happy than one where all 10,010,000 citizens live without the fear of being potentially executed by the state?

  • @jeremyjames1659

    @jeremyjames1659

    Жыл бұрын

    Welcome to the thought process of the elite. Remember, social Darwinism was prevalent among these "philosophers" of that era.

  • @user-fl3qb4eo2l

    @user-fl3qb4eo2l

    Жыл бұрын

    Happiness isn't a virtue

  • @user-fl3qb4eo2l

    @user-fl3qb4eo2l

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jeremyjames1659 nothing wrong with social darwinism

  • @Skylark_Jones

    @Skylark_Jones

    Жыл бұрын

    @@user-fl3qb4eo2l the belief in “survival of the fittest”-the notion that some people deserve power because they are deemed inherently better than others. Social Darwinism has been used to justify Empire, racial prejudice, xenophobia, eugenics and inequality at different times in the past. Do you mean that 'Social Darwinism?

  • @xrhstospex8106

    @xrhstospex8106

    Жыл бұрын

    ​ Everything is wrong with social Darwinism

  • @Bunny-lo3hg
    @Bunny-lo3hg5 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU. This helped a lot for an essay.

  • @sonounguerriera
    @sonounguerriera Жыл бұрын

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    @user-ov6ko4ii6z3 жыл бұрын

    Gonna play this on repeat just to relax and release pressure

  • @startopps
    @startopps4 жыл бұрын

    Ay this was not only really helpful, but really pleasant. Thanks man :)

  • @techwithjordan
    @techwithjordan4 жыл бұрын

    your voice is so soothing, can you narrate my life

  • @Liweiwestside

    @Liweiwestside

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @b_Mahak

    @b_Mahak

    3 жыл бұрын

    Big lol

  • @ankitakarn1637

    @ankitakarn1637

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think it's the effect of the piano in the background

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    @yvonnebettynjokindirangu7614

    3 жыл бұрын

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    @jamescajucom6146

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @jamespotts8197
    @jamespotts81974 жыл бұрын

    This video essay brings to mind the French Philosopher Rene Girard's Philosophical theory of mimetic behavior: Girard believed that human development occurs initially through a process of observational mimicry, where the infant develops desire through a process of learning to copy adult behaviour, fundamentally linking acquisition of identity, knowledge and material wealth to the development of a desire to have something of another's, such a desire should be contrasted against Mill's theory about desire.

  • @kachinboyz3826
    @kachinboyz38264 жыл бұрын

    instead of goiing in detail, can you please give us the overall idea of mill's utilitarianism and how it is different from classic "utilitarianism". Thank you.

  • @pollyrose571
    @pollyrose5716 жыл бұрын

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  • @vals4207

    @vals4207

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mind if i ask you, What does "saved me in rs" means ?

  • @drewpocernich2540
    @drewpocernich25403 жыл бұрын

    In other words, utilitarianism tries to protect freedoms by using the greatest happiness principle/principle of utility. In this, it assumes that human life can’t be inductively measured, and thus must assume that one cannot take life without being considered evil (the problem with Mill’s, and Bentham utilitarianism is that it leaves this to be assumed. It allows us to assume what gives others pleasure, or pain, merely beckoning our thoughts to the ideas of suffering and happiness).

  • @queenelizabeth4671
    @queenelizabeth46713 жыл бұрын

    What is the major contribution of this philosopher in utilitarianism?

  • @cilmaralion4258
    @cilmaralion42585 жыл бұрын

    this video is great! Thank you.

  • @emilylizzul454
    @emilylizzul454 Жыл бұрын

    there should be subtitles and/or a transcript.

  • @Sasha.choi2
    @Sasha.choi22 жыл бұрын

    Can I ask about John Stuart qualitative model?

  • @eliasvonbrille
    @eliasvonbrille3 жыл бұрын

    I feel like a lot of People misunderstand Benthams Utilitatism. He desent not divide the Pleasures. He just says that Pleasure in its foundation is the same, but that's its divided in how much Please it gives over infinite time. Means that he 100% differentiates Reading Poetry from eating Ice or whatever, because of extremely many Factors that decide the Quantity of the Pleasure, like the Long term effects or social influences etc. Basically you could Argue that Quantitative Utilitatism and Qualitative Utilitatism says the same, except it reasons it a little but differently, which also could just be because of the different definitions of Pleasure.

  • @musicsubicandcebu1774
    @musicsubicandcebu17744 жыл бұрын

    Wow , what a story (Omelas) . . . obviously the author writes from experience

  • @bennguyen1313
    @bennguyen13132 жыл бұрын

    Any thoughts on John Stuart Mill's Civilization?

  • @ILoveMagic15
    @ILoveMagic156 жыл бұрын

    I didn't quite understand the last remark: "The first principle of utility is the protection of the rights of all." If utility is measured by happiness it can surely not be based on the protection of rights because the latter may include a reduction of net happiness. For example in the trolley problem if you respect the right of the uninvoled fat person and don't throw him on the rails, you reduce the net happiness of humanity because a group of people will be crushed to death by the trolley. The net happiness of all people having the right to not being thrown on to the rails in an emergency would be very low because the probability of anyone getting into such a situation is extremely low. Moreover, if you argue that there is a high net utility in providing personal rights to everyone, wouldn't this utilitarianism be a kind of deontology? And how are we going to measure happiness anyway? How can we be sure that living in a society with personal rights really produces more net happiness than living in a purely utilitarian one?

  • @ryedj707

    @ryedj707

    6 жыл бұрын

    I think the rights of all refers to society as a whole throughout time and ages. While it is easy to say at a single moment, throwing one man for the sake of a group of others, if we were to make this allowed at all times, no one would feel safe knowing it is allowed to do such a thing in society if the problem ever arose. In such a society, people would feel discomfort and fear of being put to death in some way for the sake of a group of others. However, in a society with set rules which protect all peoples, all peoples have a piece of mind at all times OTHER than those select moments where they are put in danger by some random cause. However, I do agree with you that the means of measuring net happiness or knowing which society truly gives that net happiness is not clear and we may not be able to know for sure, plus different people may have different societies they view in a more happy light.

  • @edivaldonunes3386

    @edivaldonunes3386

    6 жыл бұрын

    The rights of all remark is more so a reference to on liberty which in my opinion contradicts his utilitarianism or tries to find a middle ground between his moral and political philosophy. As such you could say that Mill does not believe that one must live a moral live since the diversity of experiences and ideas are important for humanity as a whole. Liberty offered to people will, in turn, help them over the long term and improve their long-term utility. However, at the same time too much liberty will interfere with other peoples liberty and hurt their liberty and happiness. So it's about stricking the right balance between universal liberty and individual liberty, universal happiness and personal hapiness. What makes it so hard to find this balence is that in terms of hapiness Mills seems to lean towards the univeral while in terms of liberty he seems to lean towards the individual.

  • @MUSTASCH1O

    @MUSTASCH1O

    4 жыл бұрын

    It is theorised that when society regulates behaviour/decision-making with human rights, utility tends to be maximised. If human rights are not adhered to, utility does not reach as high a level as otherwise would have been possible.

  • @bigtimefans100

    @bigtimefans100

    3 жыл бұрын

    What's interesting, too, is how people see other's lives and the value or lack of value they place upon it. Is there a hierarchical scale of "worth"? We thought about this a lot in my philosophy class during my freshman year of college.

  • @Impaled_Onion-thatsmine

    @Impaled_Onion-thatsmine

    2 жыл бұрын

    What we ought to be doing it's not what we do though because utility would not imply reduction through statistical analysis of the people. That's not good. They don't have time for utilitarianism, this is the extreme opposite of socialist. Communism is utilitarian but it will never be good enough for the actual greater good. Democracy is improvised, which is reducible to the first degree. I was never a political philosophy major but rather focused on philosophy of the mind and metaphysics with an intro to history's function in modernized society.

  • @janryespinosa9909
    @janryespinosa99093 жыл бұрын

    I thought Felicific calculus was proposed by Jeremy Bentham and Mill was disagreed about his concept, we cannot measure the state of happiness.

  • @gennam9637

    @gennam9637

    3 жыл бұрын

    Interesting.

  • @childnoirr
    @childnoirr6 жыл бұрын

    So can someone quickly answer if this is true. John Stuart Mill's philosophy focuses on one's own pleasure rather than the pleasure of all?

  • @TheGwooky

    @TheGwooky

    6 жыл бұрын

    His focus is on aggregate pleasure and he argues for altruism. So yes, pleasure for all, even at the expense of the self in certain cases.

  • @Romancelanguagespassion
    @Romancelanguagespassion2 жыл бұрын

    Someone has the same subtitle problem, i can't understand the whole video without sub.

  • @monicav9910
    @monicav99106 жыл бұрын

    What would be a good biomedical scenario to apply Utility to?

  • @ThenNow

    @ThenNow

    6 жыл бұрын

    The risk of testing something on humans vs the potential increase in lifespan/decrease in pain?

  • @letseggroll

    @letseggroll

    5 жыл бұрын

    Involuntary organ donation is a good one too. Sacrifice one healthy person to save 5 people in need of organ transplants

  • @nicoTHESC
    @nicoTHESC5 жыл бұрын

    I've enjoyed the background piano a lot. PLEASURE

  • @imnobody1086
    @imnobody10862 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the Video Even I as a non native speaker could understand your explanation easily.

  • @JoaoBatista-xw4dn
    @JoaoBatista-xw4dn2 жыл бұрын

    The content is interesting, but I could barely hear your voice because the music was too loud. Keep up the good work!

  • @yorkgunther
    @yorkgunther Жыл бұрын

    All in all, a clear and succinct overview of Mill. Thank you! My only quibble is with your pronunciation of the composer's name. Rather than rhyme with "Maiden", it's generally pronounced to rhyme with "Biden". Keep up the good work!

  • @untanglephilosophy
    @untanglephilosophy2 жыл бұрын

    This was a really great video, and clearly explained. Would have been nice if there was a bit on Rule Utilitarianism as well

  • @kathleens3848
    @kathleens38483 жыл бұрын

    Good video but for me distracting with the loud background music

  • @lm30psg87
    @lm30psg873 жыл бұрын

    please avoid using music track in the background; it is too distracting or perhaps you can lower its volume.

  • @gonzogil123
    @gonzogil1234 жыл бұрын

    It was well made.

  • @omiorahman6283
    @omiorahman62834 жыл бұрын

    Cool video

  • @koushikgorain4302
    @koushikgorain43022 жыл бұрын

    Video sound is too low and subtitles are also not showing 😑😑

  • @stormhawk3319
    @stormhawk3319 Жыл бұрын

    The rarest of people. A Victorian man who was also a feminist.

  • @geoannealyzandralaoestrada5918
    @geoannealyzandralaoestrada59183 жыл бұрын

    Is utilitarianism contrary to rights? If so would act and rule utilitarianism be contrary to rights as well? If it's not contrary to rights, would you say it respects rights?

  • @michawojcik5903

    @michawojcik5903

    2 жыл бұрын

    This is how ot SHOULD look like, that is, if the rulers geniuenly wanted to work for the global good. Rights are like guidelines. You need something to work with, you need some schemes or structures, because the attention and means to research each individual case is limited (from the perspective of rulers - The individuals on the other hand know their own situation very well, but they don't know the situation of others as much as rulers do). Laws and rights are (in theory) basically simplified, approximated guidelines on how people should act, that in theory have the highest CHANCE of creating the most good (least bad), at least compared to alternatives or no law at all and also creating SOME stability. That's the simplified basic idea of laws (those created with an utilitarian intent)

  • @JayvyStaAna
    @JayvyStaAna2 жыл бұрын

    Subtitle please I cant understand your languange

  • @Connor-fj5rc
    @Connor-fj5rc2 жыл бұрын

    "A society that wasn't sure if one of it's members could be murdered at anytime by the government for the sake of another person's happiness, would surely be a less happy society." But what if the tortured child in Omelas was successfully kept a secret from the population, therefore his existence doesn't compromise the societies happiness in any way? Would what is being done to the child be a moral good under utilitarianism?

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    @martinabecker2259 Жыл бұрын

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  • @williamthepleaser1
    @williamthepleaser13 жыл бұрын

    "...that finded.."????

  • @ejej_shej7958
    @ejej_shej79583 жыл бұрын

    I felt this one pretty hard

  • @mayhooom5700
    @mayhooom57003 ай бұрын

    Hard to follow without subtitles.

  • @MichaelAlexander1967
    @MichaelAlexander19674 жыл бұрын

    Was Mill's purpose to make arguments against human injustices such as slavery & physical abuse?

  • @alice_in_wonderland42

    @alice_in_wonderland42

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes,

  • @Creepzza
    @Creepzza2 жыл бұрын

    Great.

  • @mikkoylimannila8104
    @mikkoylimannila8104 Жыл бұрын

    Very helpful! Thank you!

  • @teckyify
    @teckyify4 жыл бұрын

    The background music is so distracting

  • @Happy23913
    @Happy239138 ай бұрын

    7:35 That part but it’s too deep to break down in a comment …

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    @Linda___82q64 күн бұрын

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  • @davidashton6242
    @davidashton62423 жыл бұрын

    Not the amount of people - the NUMBER of people. You might also want to check out how to pronounce Haydn. Otherwise, excellent discussion

  • @user-eh7rh3gz2z
    @user-eh7rh3gz2z2 жыл бұрын

    life is pain and u cant make people happy because u naturally feel pain by existing, and u only become happy after u understand what are u doing wrong to be causing pain. so he's whole pleasure thing is very utopic. u can't make everyone happy, ever.

  • @MrFoofarew
    @MrFoofarew4 жыл бұрын

    This minecraft music be hitting different

  • @reyesrhaincharlene3919
    @reyesrhaincharlene39194 жыл бұрын

    I dont understand the accent. Srsly.

  • @davidthom7127
    @davidthom71273 жыл бұрын

    Haydn is pronounced High Den. (

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    @Betty__4egc4 күн бұрын

    Seriously, more expected actions for a refund?

  • @PetaGriffin
    @PetaGriffin Жыл бұрын

    pain from naruto had this philosophy

  • @jeremiahfelix5822
    @jeremiahfelix58224 жыл бұрын

    Hindi ko ma gets potek

  • @vals4207

    @vals4207

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wot ?

  • @joe-iv6ng
    @joe-iv6ng Жыл бұрын

    Is it wrong for a 60 year old man to have sex with a 20 year old young woman? The man sees no wrong thinking that an older man is a more giving lover than a younger man but he can not be sure about the young womans experience only that she seemed to wish to experience sex with him is it wrong

  • @harui
    @harui3 жыл бұрын

    I feel like I'm in Minecraft

  • @Seriously_duhh
    @Seriously_duhh3 ай бұрын

    Got a test

  • @bjarkerugsted7539
    @bjarkerugsted75394 ай бұрын

    the whole pleasure argument is not valid, you cannot measure these things

  • @capt.cajucom
    @capt.cajucom3 жыл бұрын

    Il

  • @pinkrose372
    @pinkrose372 Жыл бұрын

    psychopaths serial killers would give this theory a bad name

  • @Jaredfogle6in
    @Jaredfogle6in4 жыл бұрын

    I fell asleep

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    @billyjuanillas11334 жыл бұрын

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    @kristiankingkatigbak6611

    4 жыл бұрын

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  • @keithmorse9716
    @keithmorse9716 Жыл бұрын

    I don't see why this one is so much more popular when it's more boring and I'm not trying to be mean it's just these philosophies need to be taught to people that have short attention spans and nobody with the short attention span is going to listen to this I did listen to this so please don't count me in as one of them

  • @2msvalkyrie529
    @2msvalkyrie529 Жыл бұрын

    Not exactly a babe magnet..?

  • @jamescajucom6146
    @jamescajucom61463 жыл бұрын

    Cant understand a thing cause of his accent lmao

  • @kristineromariepunzalan1920
    @kristineromariepunzalan19204 жыл бұрын

    who's here because of sir cielo????

  • @kristineromariepunzalan1920

    @kristineromariepunzalan1920

    4 жыл бұрын

    live discussion ka na lang sir huhu

  • @vals4207

    @vals4207

    3 жыл бұрын

    Who is sir cielo ?

  • @tsukei3497
    @tsukei34974 жыл бұрын

    Putangina inaantok ako dito.....

  • @thehauntedstream7206
    @thehauntedstream72069 ай бұрын

    You are wrong at 0:50 because the end is best described as good or bas

  • @jeremyjames1659
    @jeremyjames1659 Жыл бұрын

    This was the "genius" that claimed it was possible for 2+2 to = 5.

  • @johnsaxon5154
    @johnsaxon51542 жыл бұрын

    I don't like Philosophy, it's too complicated.

  • @pipsantos6278
    @pipsantos62785 жыл бұрын

    I disagree. Freedom is the best criteria to base whether something is wrong or not wrong.

  • @ahlulhadith6367

    @ahlulhadith6367

    5 жыл бұрын

    Can I ask, do you believe in absolute freedom?

  • @perplexingpantheon

    @perplexingpantheon

    5 жыл бұрын

    So the freedom to murder any person of my choosing?

  • @pipsantos6278

    @pipsantos6278

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@perplexingpantheon the kind of mentality you have is the reason why humanity seem to weaponize any good thing they discover. Look we can split atoms. Let's go nuclear on each other. Look, we can make vehicles go through mud. Let's make tanks. In your case...Look, freedom. Now I can murder freely. With this kind of mentality, there's no saving you from yourself. But people like me who don't have the enthusiasm to wraponize what's good in the world will always find way to save you without compromising our freedom and yours. Yes you are free to murder. All people are. But sane people are also free to not be victims and to help victims. I said freedom is the best criteria because all other criteria are bound to be exploited.

  • @perplexingpantheon

    @perplexingpantheon

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@pipsantos6278 That's the problem with pure freedom, it can be exploited. Hence why I brought up such an extreme example. Freedom is not a good indicator for moral judgments.

  • @heart2hart526

    @heart2hart526

    5 жыл бұрын

    I would argue to much freedom or lack of repercussions causes more evil and harm to the majority of the population.

  • @rapisode1
    @rapisode13 жыл бұрын

    He received a salary from the East India Company, so his 'happiness' was more important than that of 300 million Indians, who were treated as slaves. So 'thinking' about 'happiness' and 'rights' are useless when you are unable to put yourself in others shoes. His theory may be true, but I it was also a way to justify his hypocrisy.

  • @TheLewisLegend

    @TheLewisLegend

    2 жыл бұрын

    Indians were not treated as slaves. Slavery was outlawed in the empire areas by Britain outright in 1833

  • @user-eh7rh3gz2z
    @user-eh7rh3gz2z2 жыл бұрын

    he is so wrong, so if a truth cause harm in someone it becomes a lie...he's thinking is everywhere today.

  • @miagilaani5853
    @miagilaani58534 жыл бұрын

    listen at 1.25. your welcome

  • @mikelheron20
    @mikelheron2011 ай бұрын

    Oh dear. He was doing ok until he pronounced "Haydn". 😅