Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Utilization

The new end all-be all form of thought I've been tossing around with serious consideration lately. For those of you who don't know what philosophical utilization or a utilitarian is, here's a good example of utilization:

'Imagine we found a way to make everyone in the world happy. There was no suffering and everyones needs were fulfilled. There's only one drawback. One man... has to constantly suffer...'

This is a world highly utilized, because the suffering of one cannot hardly compare to the happiness and fulfillment in the many. Is this a world you would want to live in though?

The man's suffering is not justified, simply a requirement for all that happiness. What if he didn't have to suffer everyday, but merely slapped on the wrist everyday. It doesn't really matter how much of a punishment the man has to be put through for us to realize though that his punishment is still unjustified, so although we might accept living in a world like that at the cost of the man, we still know it's not right. This is justice vs. utilization. It's very commonsensical.

Anyway, I kind of derailed my thoughts about the utilization of my own life, but hopefully I will type up why so much of this seemingly irrelevant thought has a huge impact on me and personal motivation.

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