The underlying argument of all utilitarians is the definition of happiness as a surplus of pleasure over pain. ❋ Deepak Chopra (2010)
The mystery for utilitarians is to find computations of involving their peculiar philosophic conception of utility. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Most economists still view the human economic actors as Benthamite utilitarians from about 1840. ❋ Robert Teitelman (2011)
If doing bad feels good instead, then by the utilitarians 'own argument, the person will continue to do bad. ❋ Deepak Chopra (2010)
People have tried in the past, back to the utilitarians, with "not happy" results. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Of course, declaring ourselves all utilitarians won't look good with either the natural rights crowd or the current mainstream of moral philosophy which is mired in deontological intuition-pumping. ❋ Unknown (2009)
So why not just give up the libertarian title and call ourselves utilitarians? ❋ Unknown (2009)
Since America's (relatively) high economic freedom is dependent on the attitudes of its electorate, utilitarians have a powerful reasons to resist the addition of new citizens opposed to its institutions. ❋ Unknown (2009)
We can say it even if we are non-absolutitst rule utilitarians. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The scholar-scientist Melchor Ocampo, the law professor Santos Degollado, the historian - essayist Justo Sierra, the poet Guillermo Prieto, the towering Benito Juárez -- all were influenced by the views of the English utilitarians ( "the greatest good for the greatest number") or the ideals of the French and American revolutions. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Basically, welfarists are utilitarians who believe that dogs, cats, hamsters, prairie dogs, or any other animals can be exploited as long as the pain and suffering that the animals experience - the costs of using the animals to the animals themselves - are less than the benefits to humans that are gained by using the animals. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Typically, they're welfarists (utilitarians) who are willing to trade-off individuals 'lives for the perceived good of higher levels of organization such as ecosystems, populations or species. ❋ Unknown (2010)
They were, to paraphrase what Paul Samuelson once said of utilitarians, drunk on market-romanticizing antigovernment moonshine. ❋ Louis M. Guenin (2010)
Gordon Neil makes a valid point - offer the utilitarians a reasonable inch and they will soon have it tunnelled out into a horrifying mile. stanley Jerusalem ❋ Unknown (2009)
Other utilitarians lament the fact that virtually no... ❋ Unknown (2009)
