I don’t find utilitarianism to be a particularly healthy philosophy for individuals or societies. Justifying the means with the ends can lead you down some dangerous and unwarranted paths. And it is one of the main roots of hypocrisy, an often unintentional (or ignored) “end” that comes as an unwelcome side dish to the primary goal you were trying to achieve in the first place. Basically, as a one-time thing, it works (isolationists and short-sighted thinkers abound), but if you happen to live beyond that one time, you might as well admit that you have no principles.

More on this in the future.

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