Showing posts with label utilitarianism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label utilitarianism. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

THE RETURN OF THE PHILOSOPHY GIRLS

MAGNOLIA: "Hey, how do I get to be a Philosophy Girl? I wanna hang out with you girls and talk about....you know, philosophy and stuff."


MILDRED: "Well, it would help if you were a utilitarian like us. You know, the greatest good for the greatest number?"



MAGNOLIA: "Utilitarian!?? Pffft! That's so yesterday's news! Who decides what's good? What if slave owners decided?"



DAISY: "Well, I guess you'd need some way to decide what's good before you could be a utilitarian."


PETUNIA: "Haw! Well then why do we need Utilitarianism? It can't stand alone! By itself it lapses into absurdity! If killing an orphan results in the greatest good, then by all means, kill the orphan! And who defines good? Hitler? Stalin? Utilitarianism has no objective principals!


SUNFLOWER: "It kinda feels like Utilitarianism only works in a society where there's a tradition that says what's good."


SNAP-DRAGON: "I still like Utilitarianism. I mean, what else have we got? Gee, I'm getting itchy!"

VIOLET: "Me too! Reggie, be a good guy and scratch my back will ya?"