Ok as some people know i study philosophy and i have just recently strted studying utilitarianism which is a moral philosophy, now standard utilitarianism is where when you make a moral decision you looik at the consequences and choose to do the act which will cause the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people however negative utilitarians try to reduce the greatest amount of unhappiness for the graetest amount of people and in my philosophy book it makes a really bad joke about an extremist negative utilitarian would simply blow up the world as noone would feel unhappiness and i realisied thats what dark willow tried to do because she felt all the apin in the world and couldn't handle it so she tried to simply destroy the world, its mad sometimes how much tv programs connect with philosophy lol!!!
Willows a Negative Utilitarian!!!
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Xander
You Can Call Me Ash
Theres a lot of philosophical and socialogical issues rasied in Buffy and Angel but often hidden. I mean "Chosen" is clearly a challenge to our still-patriarchal society "In every generation, one slayer is born... because a bunch of men who died thousands of years ago made up that rule. They were powerful men. This woman (points to Willow) is more powerful than all of them combined."
Also the near-end of Peace Out I love, just because it raises some great issues.
JASMINE
No. No, Angel. There are no absolutes. No right and wrong. Haven't you learned anything working for the Powers? There are only choices. I offered paradise. You chose this!
ANGEL
Because I could. Because that's what you took away from us. Choice.
JASMINE
And look what free will has gotten you.
......
ANGEL
Thousands of people are dead because of what you've done.
JASMINE
(walks up to Angel) And how many will die because of you? I could've stopped it, Angel. All of it. War, disease, poverty. How many precious, beautiful lives would've been saved in a handful of years? Yes, I murdered thousands to save billions. (walks to the edge of the bridge) This world is doomed to drown in its own blood now.
ANGEL
The price was too high, Jasmine. Our fate has to be our own, or we're nothing.
Also the near-end of Peace Out I love, just because it raises some great issues.
JASMINE
No. No, Angel. There are no absolutes. No right and wrong. Haven't you learned anything working for the Powers? There are only choices. I offered paradise. You chose this!
ANGEL
Because I could. Because that's what you took away from us. Choice.
JASMINE
And look what free will has gotten you.
......
ANGEL
Thousands of people are dead because of what you've done.
JASMINE
(walks up to Angel) And how many will die because of you? I could've stopped it, Angel. All of it. War, disease, poverty. How many precious, beautiful lives would've been saved in a handful of years? Yes, I murdered thousands to save billions. (walks to the edge of the bridge) This world is doomed to drown in its own blood now.
ANGEL
The price was too high, Jasmine. Our fate has to be our own, or we're nothing.
Xin Rong
Ohh yeah I never thought about sociology, congrats lol!!!