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Are you a negative utilitarianist?

  • Yes

    Votes: 6 42.9%
  • No

    Votes: 2 14.3%
  • Inbetween

    Votes: 1 7.1%
  • Undecided

    Votes: 2 14.3%
  • Wtf is this negative utilitarianism shit I don't get it

    Votes: 3 21.4%

  • Total voters
    14
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fedup1982

Experienced
Jul 17, 2025
201
Negative utilitarianism says the primary moral goal is reducing suffering rather than increasing happiness. Regular utilitarianism tries to maximize overall well-being, but negative utilitarianism focuses specifically on minimizing pain and suffering across all beings. Some extreme versions argue it's better for nothing to exist than for suffering to exist. It's basically "preventing bad is more important than creating good." Your situation isn't really about moral philosophy though - it's personal exhaustion
 
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darksouls

darksouls

Enlightened
May 10, 2025
1,135
I am against the production of animals
and against the production of humans
 
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wham311

Enlightened
Mar 1, 2025
1,203
At this point yes. No way to be happy, need to go
 
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waistcoat

waistcoat

wow, i have a lot of people to disappoint :o
Aug 10, 2024
374
i suppose i could be labeled as such?
personally my belief is if you reduce suffering you will inadvertainly increase happiness, so they are kinda tied together, but at the core i believe in reducing suffering (fixing the problem) rather than the increasing of happiness (masking the problem).
 
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