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Originally posted by Pennington
Basically, a good act is one which causes the greastest amount of pleasure to most people*, while an evil one causes the greatest amount of pain.
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First things first, I know next to nothing about Utilitarianism, although I did browse the link you provided a bit. Unfortunatly, I just don't have it in me today to take it in properly. So-the above statement sounds like mob rule, to me. Is that the case?
back to the thread, now. For me, good and evil are dependent on the person. That is, it's an attribute we arbitraily assign as individuals, and the declaration of anything to be 'good' or 'evil' has no berring on the worth of the action/object/person etc. To put a fine point on it, I basicaly agree with syquestrd270.