Initiation Into Philosophy
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Nevertheless wedeliberate, we consider different courses to pursue and we decide on theone we desire to choose. No; we do not deliberate, we only imagine wedeliberate. Deliberation is only a succession of different feelings, and tothe one that gains the day we give the name of volition. "In the[so-called] deliberation, the final desire or the final fear is calledwill. " Therefore liberty has no more existence among men than amonganimals; will and desire are only one and the same thing considere...d underdifferent aspects.
UTILITARIAN MORALITY. --Henceforth there is no morality; without thepower to will this and not to will that, there is no possiblemorality. Hobbes retorts with "utilitarian morality": What man should seekis pleasure, as Aristippus thought; but true pleasure--that which ispermanent and that which is useful to him. Now it is useful to be a goodcitizen, a loyal subject, sociable, serviceable to others, careful toobtain their esteem by good conduct, etc. Morality is interest rightlyunderstood, and interest rightly understood is absolutely blended with themorality of duty.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Nevertheless wedeliberate, we consider different courses to pursue and we decide on theone we desire to choose. No; we do not deliberate, we only imagine wedeliberate. Deliberation is only a succession of different feelings, and tothe one that gains the day we give the name of volition. "In the[so-called] deliberation, the final desire or the final fear is calledwill. " Therefore liberty has no more existence among men than amonganimals; will and desire are only one and the same thing considere...d underdifferent aspects.
UTILITARIAN MORALITY. --Henceforth there is no morality; without thepower to will this and not to will that, there is no possiblemorality. Hobbes retorts with "utilitarian morality": What man should seekis pleasure, as Aristippus thought; but true pleasure--that which ispermanent and that which is useful to him. Now it is useful to be a goodcitizen, a loyal subject, sociable, serviceable to others, careful toobtain their esteem by good conduct, etc. Morality is interest rightlyunderstood, and interest rightly understood is absolutely blended with themorality of duty.
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