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The first I am more than willing to pay

I'm more than willing to buy a small country on your credit -- when it's not yours to offer it means nothing to say you are willing to pay it.

privileged knowledge of the "greater good"

You don't know the greater good, you define a greater good.

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Utilitarianism is a failed foundation for Ethics, as far as I am informed, as it relies on an infinite regress to find the initial act for instance (thus defining the "greater good"), or omniscience in order to be aware of all possible outcomes... thus knowing the greater good from some priveleged position

EDIT: yes this may seem like an egotistical way of looking at it, but I'm trying to shirk the details and keep the feeling - even if that is mostly that I'm an opinionated dick... you may disagree, but that's the thing with opinions

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