#philosophy #politic #social #effective-altruism # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought #to-digest #outdated # Related # TODOs # Utilitarianism ![[DALL·E 2022-06-24 19.39.16 - An immeasurable love falling from the sky, illuminating all humanity lying on a cloud, very united under a sparkling sun, digital art.png]] >In its absolute form, the doctrine that an individual has certain inalienable rights is incompatible with **utilitarianism**, i.e. with the doctrine that right acts are those that do most to promote the general happiness ~ [[Bertrand Russell]] In a way, **utilitarianism** is [[Epicureanism]] at scale, maximizing positive asymmetries for the whole population. ![[DALL·E 2022-06-24 19.44.22 - A new united humanity, full of love, lying on planet earth illuminated by a sparkling sun, impressionist digital art by Michelangelo.png]] My question is: Is it a [[Positive Sum Game]]? Can everyone achieve [[Epicureanism]]? If Bob get event $A = P^1 + P^2$ with pleasure $P_1 = 5$ and pain $P_2 = -2$thus $A = 3$ Does John get his events impacted? i.e. lower outcomes? #to-digest #todo [[Bentham]] seems to have some thought on [[Calculus]] of **utilitarianism**. ![[DALL·E 2022-06-24 19.44.56 - A new united humanity, full of love, lying on planet earth illuminated by a sparkling sun, impressionist digital art by Michelangelo.png]] ## Utilitarianism and the [[Genome]] **Utilitarianism** goal is to maximize everyone "happiness" (positive asymmetries), the [[Genome]] wants to propagate its genes to next generations at any cost, so we tend to sacrifice at small scale for optimizing the large scale, in [[Biology/Sex]]ual behaviour, for example, we don't hesitate copulating with other mates which have potentially higher fitness. Understanding our ancestral behaviour helps fixing our [[Monkey Brain]].