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To: Protagoras
My pursuit of happiness violates yours when something I do directly stops you from pursuing yours.

This is simple utilitarianism, which is a simply idiotic philosophical system.

514 posted on 03/21/2003 7:27:57 AM PST by Aquinasfan
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To: Aquinasfan
You can attempt to label it anyway you think it makes whatever inane point you are trying to make.

I label your philosophy as violent theocracy. I think your philosophical system is idiotic.

Your opinions carry no weight with me in any case since it became clear that you cannot debate in good faith but instead continually debate yourself and misrepresent my posts.

516 posted on 03/21/2003 7:36:27 AM PST by Protagoras
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To: Aquinasfan
My pursuit of happiness violates yours when something I do directly stops you from pursuing yours.
This is simple utilitarianism, which is a simply idiotic philosophical system.

This is such obvious nonsense as to expose the stupidity of the advocate. Under a utilitarian system, if stealing from you makes you very happy, but losing your stuff to a thief makes you only somewhat annoyed, the theft is good because it increases the net amount of happiness in the world. Under a libertarian system, the theft is evil because it violates the rights of the victim (no matter how little he might care, so long as he does not care so little as to actually consent to it).

534 posted on 03/21/2003 8:35:28 AM PST by steve-b
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