Tuesday, July 05, 2005
Utilitarianism
Our society is utilitarian. We have no need of poetry, of arts, of imagination- after all
Degrees/levels/scales of Utilitarian Morality:
Negative: (Warning, you DO NOT want to look at these disturbing pictures!)
No mas! Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)- negative infinity
Great for business! Genocide - 10
Insanity! War - 9
Started WWI! Murder - 8 Ultimate violation! Rape - 7
Can I live? Abortion - 6
Mammals! Assault - 5Hurt my feelings! Insult - 4
Hemp for victory! Destroying a forest - 3
Damn treehuggers! Killing one tree - 2
Losing control! Suicide - 1
Antidote=Wiki Stupidity/Ignorance - 0.5
You can't eat it! Worshipping money - 0.25
Ambiguous: Laziness = 0
Positive:
Makes everyone feel good Smile + 1
Compliment Day! Compliment + 2
Like Johnny Appleseed! Planting trees + 3
Good for heart! Laughing + 4
Won't you be my neighbor? Befriending + 5
Reproduce Hedonism Sexual union + 6
Florence Nightengale! Build a Hospital + 7
800 million starving children Feeding Children! + 8
Wage Peace & satyagraha! Conquer War + 9
Hedonistic Imperative Conquer Suffering + 10
Type 7 Civilization Conquer Universe = Sideways eight (infinity)
How would your scale be different?
How moral are you?
Let's hear it folks!
Degrees/levels/scales of Utilitarian Morality:
Negative: (Warning, you DO NOT want to look at these disturbing pictures!)
No mas! Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)- negative infinity
Great for business! Genocide - 10
Insanity! War - 9
Started WWI! Murder - 8 Ultimate violation! Rape - 7
Can I live? Abortion - 6
Mammals! Assault - 5Hurt my feelings! Insult - 4
Hemp for victory! Destroying a forest - 3
Damn treehuggers! Killing one tree - 2
Losing control! Suicide - 1
Antidote=Wiki Stupidity/Ignorance - 0.5
You can't eat it! Worshipping money - 0.25
Ambiguous: Laziness = 0
Positive:
Makes everyone feel good Smile + 1
Compliment Day! Compliment + 2
Like Johnny Appleseed! Planting trees + 3
Good for heart! Laughing + 4
Won't you be my neighbor? Befriending + 5
Reproduce Hedonism Sexual union + 6
Florence Nightengale! Build a Hospital + 7
800 million starving children Feeding Children! + 8
Wage Peace & satyagraha! Conquer War + 9
Hedonistic Imperative Conquer Suffering + 10
Type 7 Civilization Conquer Universe = Sideways eight (infinity)
How would your scale be different?
How moral are you?
Let's hear it folks!