The Problem of Wolverine in a Committedly Utilitarian Society, or, Those Who Walk Away From Westchester
@jenphalian @LionessElise Westchester is the location of Xavier's School, so it's being posited in the place of Omelas.
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@jenphalian@LionessElise long story short, Wolverine's power set produces horrific ethical conundrums that are rarely if ever confronted.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@chaosprime@LionessElise That's a lotta reference to pack into one tweet. Good work there. -
@jenphalian@LionessElise thanks! twitter has taught me a lot about economy of expression to the point of incomprehensibility -
@chaosprime@LionessElise I tend to forget the precise meaning of Utilitarianism (I prefer utilikilts) and I haven't read the LeGuin -
@jenphalian@LionessElise you should read the Le Guin, it's just a short story so no big investment and it's terribly influential -
@jenphalian@LionessElise if partly because it seems to be subject to the most egregious misreadings
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@chaosprime@jenphalian Yep, that works. (Now having plot bunnies about Bentham as a Big Bad, though.) -
@LionessElise@jenphalian doooo iiiiiit
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