Ah Yes

I really enjoyed Mill this week. I have learned and benefitted so much from the other readings we have done this semester, but Mill on Utilitarianism is one of my favorites to read. I especially loved it when he talked about people who choose the lesser pleasures over the higher ones. His point about the possibility of it being a lack of the ability to appreciate the higher things was quite potent. If a capability is not used, it is lost. This seems seems true for society today. In a world full of mindless consumerism, it would make sense that we often loose the ability to even appreciate the higher things. This didn't exactly restore my faith in humanity, but did comfort me a bit by demonstrating some of the cause we are becoming so mindless.