RE: Capital Punishment
June 13, 2020 at 6:44 am
(This post was last modified: June 13, 2020 at 6:47 am by UtilitarianDeist.)
(June 13, 2020 at 6:41 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: I see that you don't understand classical utilitarianism. It's pointless to try and argue your position with me because I'm not arguing against it when I tell you that you've picked the wrong label for it.
If you don't understand how hedons work under classical utilitarianism then it's you who doesn't understand classical utilitarianism.
Are you not, for instance, familiar with this thought experiment that applies to classical utilitarianism?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_monster
All I'm saying is that God is like such a utility monster. But also note that that doesn't make him evil under classical utilitarianism which is why the thought experiment is *supposed* to be a problem for classical utilitarianism in the first place. Because classical utilitarianism seems to justify such a utility monster. All I do is respond with "Yes, so what?" ... or IOW I simply bite the bullet on that.