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From a utilitarian perspective

Pretty sure that’s not what utilitarianism means lol

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Maximizing the utility of labor? I’m alluding to using the components of the scenario in the most efficient way.

How would you express it?

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The “utility” of utilitarianism isn’t that type of utility. IIRC it generally refers to the idea of maximizing happiness and minimizing harm, with a focus on outcomes of the whole, rather than the individual. Efficiency of labor doesn’t explicitly factor into it.

Personally, I think you’re just rationalizing being lazy and potentially causing harm to others, which isn’t utilitarian at all.

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