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What Is the Most Important Purpose of Society?



Prevent suffering.

Promote virtue.

Enable people to make free choices unencumbered by societal morality.

Protection from foreign and domestic enemies.

Protection of the weak from exploitation and oppression.

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Carl Shulman
2008-10-09 20:52:52 ET

Why is there only an option for negative utilitarianism? What about promoting happiness, excellence, knowledge, and other goods?

2008-10-09 22:10:57 ET

It wasn't intentional. That too would have been good to add as an option. Thanks.


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