October 16, 2007

Do you think grad schools would think it was deep if I just sent a letter that said ‘tweet, tweet, tweet?’ or do I have to write a longer essay? #

Kant: Prussian philosopher who believed that rationality was the sole means of morality and sole ends for the protection thereof.

Mill: Popularizer of utilitarianism, the belief that what is moral is what causes the greatest good for the greatest number.

Irony: Being a Kantian is irrational and Mill’s utilitarianism actually caused more harm than good.

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