For an answer to that rhetorical question, I referred to my favorite dead philosopher, Jeremy Bentham. Happiness is the answer (obviously), and so I used his 9 Pleasures of Stimulation as a basis for the illustration.
This is the result, which appeared recently in the German publication, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin.
And below is the English version (click to enlarge).
This site is a little project that lets me make fun of some things and sense of others. I use it to think a little more relationally without resorting to doing actual math.
You’re awesome.
Poster.
Please, make this available to buy poster size.
This is 100% awesomesauce!
Really nice.
Already my favorite post of this blog.
YOU are the most amazingly brilliant genius! <3
Did anybody else start by looking up all the Gs?
I don’t know if I should be ashamed or proud, but that’s exactly where I started!
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Although Bentham’s utilitarian philosophy is superficially appealing, it has some unfortunate consequences. The central problem is that you can use it to justify just about anything. If a majority perceives improved happiness in the benefits accruing to them from the enslavement of a minority, then the happiness of the greater number might be used to justify the misery of the smaller.
Sheer, unadulterated brilliance!
This is my new favorite thing ever.
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