That's a utilitarian moral framework.

Actually, I kind of divide the world into two groups now.

That sound familiar?

Today and in the next few days we will begin to examine one of the most influential versions of consequentialist moral theory and that's the philosophy of utilitarianism.

You never get off, and you never really feel satisfied.

The most influential example of consequential moral reasoning is utilitarianism, a doctrine invented by

It's a different kind of enterprise for a new economy.

To investigate those three questions we're going to have to read some philosophers and starting next time we're going to read

He thinks that the life he's saving is his own.

English political philosopher gave first the first clear systematic expression to the utilitarian moral theory.

Democracy Comes Second

Their guy wins, it's democracy.

He is the personification of selfishness.

He is a thorough going egoist.

But I'd want one who would play offense, too.

If you feel that way, that's a utilitarian choice.

So how can you live little?

Diseased old mystics.

Democracy will be victorious in the long run.

The spread of democracy now is very much accompanied by the increase in inequality.

Democracy encourages freedom.

The program of spreading the liberal order requires a much more sophisticated approach. Above all, it requires international agencies and groupings that remain alert to the risks of illiberal democracies.

That is snobbery.

Capitalist jihad. Smart.

Here, I interviewed people who were residents of formerly communist countries, who had all faced the challenge of transitioning to a more democratic and capitalistic society.

On the political level the response was the nationalist and fundamentalist revolt of the Maccabees.

He is nothing more than an egoist.

These achievements are a testament to the courage, selflessness and teamwork of

And the final one is that most anti economic of activities, but give.

Now we've given up with the idea of sermons.

And that regime that we got rid of was actually a dictatorship, an authoritarian regime, that for decades created a great sense of paralysis within the nation, within the people themselves.

But the majority of the world neither benefits from capitalism nor from democratic systems.

What do I win if I convince you that utilitarianism isn't really the right framework for thinking about ethical theories?

That will produce a legitimate and accountable government.

Wouldn't it be awesome if we all had BLlS on our phones?

Sexist cavemen at that.

Now, I think this future will be quite surprising to many people.

We also recently published an experiment you may have heard about.

But in fact it does make a difference, and in fact there's one particular nerd who has been a particularly effective altruist because he got this.

We can call it the engineering approach, and I claim that the engineering approach is within range.

We're going to explore in the days and weeks to come the contrast between consequentialist and categorical moral principles.

Again with the example of the far right that we find, ironically, xenophobic nationalists are utilizing the benefits of globalization.

In a democracy, all citizens have equal rights.

Do not forget that fascism, communism, capitalism or other isms are all monetary systems.

Before, revolutions used to have ideological names.