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Postby Existent on 2013-06-28T03:17:00

A while ago, I was reading an essay by Peter Suber (the paradox of self-amendment) and ran across Russell's paradox mentioned in it. I had heard of Bertrand Russell at some point, and being very interested in paradoxes, I read some about the paradox, and incidentally, about Russell himself.

At the same time, I was interested (and still am) in "Happiness economics," the measurement of happiness as part of an index (Go GNH!). So, between Happiness ideas and English philosophers, I found utilitarianism, and after a while of roaming the internet looking for recent information about it, I came across this very website.

Now, I don't know a whole lot about utilitarianism, except for the basics of it, but I'm excited to learn more about it and hopefully practice it!

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Postby Arepo on 2013-07-01T11:54:00

Welcome aboard :) Can you tell us a bit more about yourself? What you're doing at the moment, whether utilitarianism is mainly a theoretical interest or something you'd want to pursue actively, etc.
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Postby Ruairi on 2013-07-01T11:59:00

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Postby Existent on 2013-07-01T15:20:00

Arepo wrote:Welcome aboard :) Can you tell us a bit more about yourself? What you're doing at the moment, whether utilitarianism is mainly a theoretical interest or something you'd want to pursue actively, etc.


Alright, well I'm a student in Kansas, United States. When I first discovered utilitarianism, I was interested in it mainly just as a philosophy to study, but now that I learn more about it, I am interested in doing real work and practicing utilitarianism, not just studying it.

Specifically, I agree with classical, two-level, total utilitarianism.

Right now, my goal is to convince more people to adopt utilitarianism, or at least make them aware of it, and to create a set of ethical rules and follow them.

Welcome! :D! Please add us all on facebook!


I never made a facebook account. At least not yet.

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Postby peterhurford on 2013-07-02T02:22:00

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Postby Benjamin Martens on 2013-07-05T14:02:00

Hi Existent. Could have fooled me.

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Postby Ruairi on 2013-07-06T19:45:00

Let me know if you'd like to skype sometime :) My email is ruairi.donnelly94@gmail.com

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Postby Existent on 2013-07-07T15:43:00

Ruairi wrote:Let me know if you'd like to skype sometime :) My email is ruairi.donnelly94@gmail.com

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Sorry, I don't have a microphone. Might get one later, though.

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Re: Hello!

Postby CosmicPariah on 2013-07-12T04:24:00

Welcome Existent!

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