#utilitarian — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #utilitarian, aggregated by home.social.
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Hello, Daily Forever Boots
I’ve been on a boot kick for about two years now, wearing only my Aérosoles Daria boots near daily for a year and a half or so. I had two pair: one brown, one faux patent leather. I wore the brown pair so much that the sole came apart from the boot and had to be tossed. The faux patent leather ones are still in the shoe rotation. But I am on a buy it less often kick, and trying to buy better stuff that will last. And I love my 10 inch LL Bean Bean boots, so I went looking for a taller […]https://carolineprice.com/2026/07/06/hello-daily-forever-boots/
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Hello, Daily Forever Boots
I’ve been on a boot kick for about two years now, wearing only my Aérosoles Daria boots near daily for a year and a half or so. I had two pair: one brown, one faux patent leather. I wore the brown pair so much that the sole came apart from the boot and had to be tossed. The faux patent leather ones are still in the shoe rotation. But I am on a buy it less often kick, and trying to buy better stuff that will last. And I love my 10 inch LL Bean Bean boots, so I went looking for a taller […]https://carolineprice.com/2026/07/06/hello-daily-forever-boots/
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https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jun/02/shrinking-graduate-premium-sours-views-on-university-poll-shows. "The latest #British #Social #Attitudes (BSA) #survey found the proportion of people who believe a #degree is not worth the time & money has jumped from 14% in 2005 to 34% in 2025. Correspondingly, the proportion who believe those who go to #university will end up a lot better off #financially than those who do not has nosedived, down from 50% to 36%." This is what happens when university #education is viewed in purely #utilitarian terms, & not as an end-in-itself. 1/2
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https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jun/02/shrinking-graduate-premium-sours-views-on-university-poll-shows. "The latest #British #Social #Attitudes (BSA) #survey found the proportion of people who believe a #degree is not worth the time & money has jumped from 14% in 2005 to 34% in 2025. Correspondingly, the proportion who believe those who go to #university will end up a lot better off #financially than those who do not has nosedived, down from 50% to 36%." This is what happens when university #education is viewed in purely #utilitarian terms, & not as an end-in-itself. 1/2
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Energy facility, Glasgow, 2025
📸 View HD images at https://modernistdelights.com/energy-facility-glasgow-2025/?utm_medium=organic_social&utm_source=mastodon
#brick #photography #dslrphotography #glasgow #modernism #urbanphotography #urban #architecture #architecturephotography #utilitarian
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Energy facility, Glasgow, 2025
📸 View HD images at https://modernistdelights.com/energy-facility-glasgow-2025/?utm_medium=organic_social&utm_source=mastodon
#brick #photography #dslrphotography #glasgow #modernism #urbanphotography #urban #architecture #architecturephotography #utilitarian
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@unspeakablehorror ethics can’t be purely based on consequences as #consequentialists believe because there are paradoxes that result from doing so
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@unspeakablehorror ethics can’t be purely based on consequences as #consequentialists believe because there are paradoxes that result from doing so
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A very utilitarian steel round shield, Germany, ~1600 AD
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A very utilitarian steel round shield, Germany, ~1600 AD
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The fallacy at the heart of welfare economics
https://davidellerman.substack.com/p/the-petitio-principii-fallacy-in
#Economics #EconTwitter #Econ #PoliticalEconomy #WelfareEconomics #Philosophy #Ethics #Utilitarianism #Utilitarian #Consequentialism #Consequentialist #capitalism #Egalitarianism #Egalitarian #Inequality
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The fallacy at the heart of welfare economics
https://davidellerman.substack.com/p/the-petitio-principii-fallacy-in
#Economics #EconTwitter #Econ #PoliticalEconomy #WelfareEconomics #Philosophy #Ethics #Utilitarianism #Utilitarian #Consequentialism #Consequentialist #capitalism #Egalitarianism #Egalitarian #Inequality
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@wouldinotcallmyselfahumanbeing @sz_duras
Depending on the particulars of the #utilitarian argument, the case can work or not. If it is preference/desire satisfaction utilitarianism the case for capitalism follows from that any mutually beneficial transaction improves welfare. Capitalist employment is that assuming full consent. My response to such arguments is debunking #consequentialist #ethics. And rejecting collective preference satisfaction as the good in favor of freedom.
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@wouldinotcallmyselfahumanbeing @sz_duras
Depending on the particulars of the #utilitarian argument, the case can work or not. If it is preference/desire satisfaction utilitarianism the case for capitalism follows from that any mutually beneficial transaction improves welfare. Capitalist employment is that assuming full consent. My response to such arguments is debunking #consequentialist #ethics. And rejecting collective preference satisfaction as the good in favor of freedom.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@jlou/115970177564955152
@ArthurI what do you think of this resolution I came up with to the consequentialist judgement paradox you came up with?
#philosophy #ethics #Consequentialism #utilitarian #utilitarianism #consequentialist #deontology #deontological
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@jlou/115970177564955152
@ArthurI what do you think of this resolution I came up with to the consequentialist judgement paradox you came up with?
#philosophy #ethics #Consequentialism #utilitarian #utilitarianism #consequentialist #deontology #deontological
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@wouldinotcallmyselfahumanbeing @sz_duras The reason competition between firms is necessary is because there is no way to enforce the firms doing a good job without having other people working on similar projects to compare to. It also prevents mismanagement.
I also think you’re straw manning pro-capitalists. Most centrists support capitalism on #utilitarian or individual rights based grounds. These ethics aren’t rooted in flawed analogies to Darwinian evolution.
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@wouldinotcallmyselfahumanbeing @sz_duras The reason competition between firms is necessary is because there is no way to enforce the firms doing a good job without having other people working on similar projects to compare to. It also prevents mismanagement.
I also think you’re straw manning pro-capitalists. Most centrists support capitalism on #utilitarian or individual rights based grounds. These ethics aren’t rooted in flawed analogies to Darwinian evolution.
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I probably will get a bike as sort of a consolation prize from intern stint - maybe comp al, maybe axum, maybe haro - they will all need some mods but all decent and way better than what i am tooling around on currently, need to save up for a 3/4 ton, i had several pu trucks they are great but if you do side jobs get hd model - may be a bit safer as well #utilitarian #capacity #toys vs tools
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I probably will get a bike as sort of a consolation prize from intern stint - maybe comp al, maybe axum, maybe haro - they will all need some mods but all decent and way better than what i am tooling around on currently, need to save up for a 3/4 ton, i had several pu trucks they are great but if you do side jobs get hd model - may be a bit safer as well #utilitarian #capacity #toys vs tools
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Does studying economics turn students "into unscrupulous calculating machines"?
In "a sample of #Polish undergraduate students of #Economics (N=408) and #Sociology (N=123) ...we observed that the choices of more advanced #economists-to-be [we]re more #deontological (grounded in norms) than #utilitarian (grounded in benefits) [suggesting] that economic education does not...."
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Does studying economics turn students "into unscrupulous calculating machines"?
In "a sample of #Polish undergraduate students of #Economics (N=408) and #Sociology (N=123) ...we observed that the choices of more advanced #economists-to-be [we]re more #deontological (grounded in norms) than #utilitarian (grounded in benefits) [suggesting] that economic education does not...."
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#LauraWindsor has more courage than I could EVER have.
Was her behavior legal? I assume. Ethically- I think her choice benefits the greater good #utilitarian and therefore it was an ethically sound behavior.
I no longer have faith that the
#SCOTUS will help sustain our constitutional democracy. #Alito’s behavior needed to be shared w citizens. He is not #SCOTUS worthy -
Which is a bigger scam, though? 🤨
#crypto #fiat #currency #institutions #politics #utilitarian #money #treasuries #Petrodollar #gold #economy #externalities #value
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Which is a bigger scam, though? 🤨
#crypto #fiat #currency #institutions #politics #utilitarian #money #treasuries #Petrodollar #gold #economy #externalities #value
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25% off #sale on wall #Art like #posters and #Canvas #Prints:
A #photograph of the #BridgeofLions in #StAugustine, #Florida, which #bridges the #MatanzasRiver and #IntraCoastalWaterway to #AnastasiaIsland. The #bridge was intended to be as much a work of #art as a #utilitarian object. To grace the entrance of the bridge, prominent local citizen Dr. Andrew #Anderson commissioned the #RomanelliStudios of #Florence, #Italy to recreate the famous #MediciLion #statues in the #RoyalPalace in #Madrid, #Spain. These incredible #artworks eventually gave the bridge its name.
Get a print at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/the-bridge-of-lions-heron-and-fox.html
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TONIGHT
ON COMPUTER GAMES will be streaming discussion on TACTICS OGRE; centered around my essay below.covering my thoughts on #videogames (this one, duh)
- #philosophy
- #ethics likely #utilitarian ethics
- feelings of #envy and #jealousy of others
- #REGRET & #REVENGE
- #drunkenness & #stupiditythis stream will start around 9/10pm est or #WheneverMySonGoesToBed
like the other analyses, it will be uploaded on our youtube channel with bad editing (use adblock plz)
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“Brutalism Friday”
“Makpetrol Gas Station”, Gjorgji Golev, 1973, Ohrid, North Macedonia
#modernism #socialistarchitecture #socmod #socialistmodernism #utilitarian-architecture #socheritage #brutalismfriday #brutalism #brutalisticarchitecture #architecture #architecturalphotography
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“Brutalism Friday”
“Makpetrol Gas Station”, Gjorgji Golev, 1973, Ohrid, North Macedonia
#modernism #socialistarchitecture #socmod #socialistmodernism #utilitarian-architecture #socheritage #brutalismfriday #brutalism #brutalisticarchitecture #architecture #architecturalphotography
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Proud to share two new papers from the lab last week, reflecting the two senses of the term #neuroethics :
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-023-01635-y
The first, led by Tobias Haeusermann, addresses ethical considerations in rapid and novel treatments in #psychiatry, such as #psychedelics, #ketamine, and #neuromodulatory technologies. This overview focuses on 3 specific domains of ethical concern: informed consent, the role of expectancy in clinical response, and distributive justice.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023047060
The second, led by Rea Antoniou, empirically explores two contrasting models of #utilitarian moral reasoning: a "dual-process model" based on an emotion/cognition contrast, and a "two-dimensional model" (yes, I know) suggesting dissociable components within utilitarian judgment. We found support for elements of both models, and interpret these findings in terms of a modified synthesis of both models:
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Proud to share two new papers from the lab last week, reflecting the two senses of the term #neuroethics :
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-023-01635-y
The first, led by Tobias Haeusermann, addresses ethical considerations in rapid and novel treatments in #psychiatry, such as #psychedelics, #ketamine, and #neuromodulatory technologies. This overview focuses on 3 specific domains of ethical concern: informed consent, the role of expectancy in clinical response, and distributive justice.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023047060
The second, led by Rea Antoniou, empirically explores two contrasting models of #utilitarian moral reasoning: a "dual-process model" based on an emotion/cognition contrast, and a "two-dimensional model" (yes, I know) suggesting dissociable components within utilitarian judgment. We found support for elements of both models, and interpret these findings in terms of a modified synthesis of both models:
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“Brutalism Friday”
“The Bierpinsel”, or Beer Brush, a 47-metre tall brutalist tower on the Schloßstraße in Berlin Steglitz, was built between 1972 and 1976 by the architects Ralf Schüler and Ursulina Schüler-Witte. The distinctive form was inspired by the silhouette of a tree.
#socmod #socialistmodernism #utilitarian-architecture #socheritage
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“Brutalism Friday”
“The Bierpinsel”, or Beer Brush, a 47-metre tall brutalist tower on the Schloßstraße in Berlin Steglitz, was built between 1972 and 1976 by the architects Ralf Schüler and Ursulina Schüler-Witte. The distinctive form was inspired by the silhouette of a tree.
#socmod #socialistmodernism #utilitarian-architecture #socheritage
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“Brutalism Friday”
“Historical-Ethnographic Museum”, Osh, Kyrgyzstan; 1978; architect: K. Nazirov.
The National Historical and Archaeological Museum Complex Sulayman is a museum in Osh, Kyrgyzstan was established in 1949. The present museum building was completed during the Soviet era in 1978 to celebrate the 3,000th anniversary of the city of Osh.
#socialistmodernism #utilitarian-architecture
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“Brutalism Friday”
“Former Tuzla Bank, (Now NLB)”
Tuzla, BiH, 1977, Architect V.Stojanović#socmod #socialistmodernism #utilitarian-architecture #socheritage
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“Brutalism Friday”
'Creature of industry' Blast furnace and dust collector, Danetsk, Ukraine. by Czech photographer Viktor Macha
#socmod #socialistmodernism #utilitarian-architecture #socheritage
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“Brutalism Friday”
'Creature of industry' Blast furnace and dust collector, Danetsk, Ukraine. by Czech photographer Viktor Macha
#socmod #socialistmodernism #utilitarian-architecture #socheritage
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“Brutalism Friday”
“Fountain to José Martí”, a figurehead of Cuban independence, and the revolutionary leader Abel Santamaría, Santiago de Cuba.
photography by Matthew Connors#socmod #socialistmodernism #utilitarian-architecture #socheritage
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“Brutalism Friday”
“Fountain to José Martí”, a figurehead of Cuban independence, and the revolutionary leader Abel Santamaría, Santiago de Cuba.
photography by Matthew Connors#socmod #socialistmodernism #utilitarian-architecture #socheritage
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CW: CW: Silly rant about gatekeeping bicyclists
I don't use a kickstand, but the amount of hate that people get over at #Reddit's /r/bicycling when people ask about kickstands is ridiculous.
"i PaID a MiLlIoN dOlLaRs FoR a BiKe ThAt Is OnE oUnCe LiGhTeR aNd NoW yOu hAvE tHe AuDaCiTy To AdD wEiGhT tO YoUr BiKe To MaKe It MoRe PrAcTiCaL???!!1!? I hAtE yOu NoW!!!!!1! ZOMG"
#Bike #BikeTooter #Bicycling #Kickstands #Rant #Snooty #Exclusion #Exclusionary #Kickstand #Practicality #Utility #Utilitarian
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I identify as a #consequentialist and a (negative) #utilitarian, I suspect that existence is probably not worth it because of the asymmetry of #qualia, and yet I have no intention of ending my own life (and I think that’s rational). Why?
When we’re #children we don’t really understand what suffering is, and we don’t even know that living is a choice. So we live.
#Teens and young adults famously tend to get closer to one of two poles: either they’re disappointed, miserable, or lost (some of those do end their lives), or they are having a great time: they’re at their prime, disease and pain are unknown to them, they discover pleasures, etc (those are happy to live).
We #adults are usually so entangled in relationships by this stage of life that even if/when we decided that non-existence beat existence for us, we wouldn’t want to cause more suffering to those who love us and those who depend on us. So we (usually) live.
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#Emotion words were used less by #Spanish bilinguals that read and wrote about whether to sacrifice someone to save lives (on footbridge #trolleyProblem) in their #secondLanguage (#English).
Using their 2nd #language also led to more #utilitarian #moral decisions and arguments—an effect mediated by using (fewer) high-arousal words.
Support for #dualProcessTheory claims that #emotion can promote #deontological #ethical thinking?