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Originally Posted by jwb
yeah but it's overly simplistic to say utilitarian ethics is just about happiness. Just like any other ethical system, there can be competing values.
So you can seek to maximize "well being," of which happiness is might be only one metric. Autonomy could in and of itself be seen as a componant of well being, in which case you've only demonstrated that different metrics of well being can come into conflict, which doesn't actually undermine the general idea of maximizing utility.
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What's the difference between well being and happiness and how would autonomy, or at least the illusion of it since you don't actually believe in autonomy, affect well being and not happiness?
I read it wrong nvm. I'm being retarded.