A: Is it useful to make a good engineer?
B: Useful for whom?
A: Wouldn't the obvious answer be both individual and society?
B: Is it more useful to society to have an intelligent young person train to be an engineer or a doctor?
A: Is it more useful for an individual to be a happy engineer or an unhappy doctor?
B: It seems more ethical to be an unhappy doctor than a happy engineer, wouldn't you agree?
A: Being moral isn't the same as being useful, is it?
B: Then what did you mean by useful to society?
And at this point they did what all good forum philosophers do, and that's try to punch each other across the internet using their metaphysical powers.
B: Useful for whom?
A: Wouldn't the obvious answer be both individual and society?
B: Is it more useful to society to have an intelligent young person train to be an engineer or a doctor?
A: Is it more useful for an individual to be a happy engineer or an unhappy doctor?
B: It seems more ethical to be an unhappy doctor than a happy engineer, wouldn't you agree?
A: Being moral isn't the same as being useful, is it?
B: Then what did you mean by useful to society?
And at this point they did what all good forum philosophers do, and that's try to punch each other across the internet using their metaphysical powers.
