SCOUT· 36%58m·2026-07-26·HistoryThe History of Bad Ideas: Utilitarianism
Today’s episode in the history of bad ideas is about one of the central ideas in modern philosophy: utilitarianism, or the view that what matters is the greatest happiness of the greatest number. David talks to philosopher Nikhil Krishnan about how something that sounds so intuitively unobjectionable can produce some…
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“Its amazing to see just how fucked up things get when society attempts to quantify happiness and wellbeing and then use these ethereal metrics to inform social policy. Happiness in general? Over-rated.”
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