Justin Fobel
Monday, November 9, 2015
Mill vs Aristotle
Can somebody get this guy an anthology? Here is where I go full Kant and wish I could just blot Mill's name off the face of the planet. Utilitarianism? In virtue? Give me a break man. Aristotle discussed this AGES ago, literally ages, in Niconachean Ethics. We don't seek virtues for this "mental good" we should seek virtue for the sake virtue. Virtue doesn't serve a purpose. It just is. It exists. Just as God exists. All of creation seeks to take us back to him. Is there a "use" in this? Possibly. I use my virtue to come to a fuller relationship with God. I can call this utilitarian. But I think that's a little superfluous. It needlessly stretches and bends terms. But come on Mill. Let's actually add something to the world of philosophy and metaphysics. Why must we beat up this long decayed horse?
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