Utilitarian Legitimacy

Legitimacy refers to a judgment about what is right and wrong, how one ought to live, structuring the legitimacy of social consumption, shaping the beliefs and intentions of their members. Participants can seek the pleasure of a common sense of being in the right or rejecting those in the wrong. This is the pleasure of a good will, intending to act on what one takes to be valid beliefs.

 

Does participating in the activity associated with [amenity] promote in participants a sense that the right way to do something that the right way to do something the right way to do something is to pursue rational self-interest, meet ones needs efficiently or economically, or seek efficient means to an end/use of time?

Is pursuing rational self-interest and efficiency a crucial part of this amenity? Would the absence of this quality fundamentally change this amenity?

Decision: Score = 5

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Score = 4

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Score = 99

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Score = 3

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Score = 2

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Score = 1

Does participating in the activity associated with [amenity] promote in participants a sense that the right way to do something is to oppose one’s rational self-interest, undertake activities for their own sake, or discourage taking efficiency or cost-effectiveness into account?

Is opposing rational self-interest and discouraging efficiency a crucial part of this amenity? Would the absence of this opposition fundamentally change this amenity?

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