Tag: "utilitarianism"

Brave Sir Bentham, Utilitarian Knight

A comic by Corey Mohler about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world.
[Issue 154 :: February/March 2023 :: Existential Comics]

Maine de Biran (1766-1824)

Benjamin Bâcle finds Maine de Biran’s idea of the self-willing self to be underrated.
[Issue 133 :: August/September 2019 :: Brief Lives]

Ethics of the Future

Alexander Joy on the importance of not hurting future people.
[Issue 130 :: February/March 2019 :: Articles]

John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)

by Terence Green
[Issue 128 :: October/November 2018 :: Philosophical Haiku]

When A Body Meets A Body

Tim Madigan discovers that Jeremy Bentham has risen from the grave!
[Issue 96 :: May/June 2013 :: Zombies & Philosophy]

Lying to Mother Teresa

Derek Harrison deceives a saint, and derives a moral lesson.
[Issue 95 :: March/April 2013 :: Articles]

Peter Singer Says You Are a Bad Person

Howard Darmstadter shows us why the Australian abnegator is wrong.
[Issue 89 :: March/April 2012 :: Articles]

How To Get Off Our Trolleys

Phil Badger tackles the famous ‘Trolley Problem’ of ethics.
[Issue 86 :: September/October 2011 :: Articles]

Kant By Default (Shameless Commerce Division)

by Joel Marks
[Issue 73 :: May/June 2009 :: Moral Moments]

The Challenge of Moral Machines

Wendell Wallach tells us what the basic problems are.
[Issue 72 :: March/April 2009 :: Machine Morality]