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 Originally Posted by wufwugy
I feel like I would describe what we do have as utilitarian
this honestly baffles me. please answer these questions:
- do you believe that, say, US-owned clothing companies which decide to set up factories in bangladesh are motivated by personal self-interest, or the greatest good for the greatest number? do you think the outcomes of these ventures reflect the greatest good for the greatest number? or do you think the wealth of these (already very profitable) companies could be spent in a way which would achieve more good for more people (ie the schools or sanitation or food it could provide)
- what about the companies spending $ to lobby for decreased environmental regulation? clearing of old-growth forests? investing in more fossil-fuel extraction instead of renewable eneergy sources? self-interested or seeking greatest good? do you think the results are for the greater good?
i'm half drunk and gotta go. planned to type more, time got in the way. but if you answer yes ("these do create the greatest good") to these, please describe your rationale. and if you can convince me of it, then we may have overcome our differences of opinion/belief. if you answer no (the greatest good was neither the intention or outcome), do you think the workings of the economic system these companies operate in has any influence upon these self-serving (non-utilitarian) business ventures?
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