December 15, 2002

Gotta Use It.

Reading up on Utilitarianism (for all that site is worth), some of it came off as crap, using the word evil and the like... Alright maybe that's my poor reading comprehension skills speaking but that's okay for now. What I wanted to say is something about trust... Trust. It's a huge, hard-to-execute idea. That is, to work for oneself maximizes all for your pleasure and nothing for the utility of the society. To work selflessly and for others weakens and essentially eliminates self, and spreads out your energies. You've served the many, the results are neglegible, and you are tired and dead. But to trust, trust in that someone else (the other two in a world of three) who will stand by you and act equally self-less... To serve you, to make you happy, and to fulfill the happiness you've lost... That's trust. To act completely selfless to the point of expecting (but not exercising a failure to see) trust extended unto you. That's deep shit. Scratch my back, I'll scratch yours, basically.

Posted by Mark Canlas at December 15, 2002 02:39 PM
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