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comment by aeromill
aeromill  ·  3217 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Repugnant Conclusion

No.

The Utility is the how well it accomplishes the end. It's a way of describing how good the means are. The end is happiness. I'm not saying that utility is the means. I'm saying that utility is how it's measured.





shiranaihito  ·  3217 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Here's what you originally said:

    utility, especially for utilitarians, is not usefulness, it's happiness. It's called utility because it's useful towards the end of happiness

But now you're saying.. something different that I can't be bothered to parse right now.

I give up.