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> Churchill summed it up best, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few I’m disillusioned, discovering that it wasn’t Spock (Nemoy) uttering this as
by travisgriggs 5y ago
> Churchill summed it up best, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few
I’m disillusioned, discovering that it wasn’t Spock (Nemoy) uttering this as his dying words.
Did someone eventually tell Churchill that sometimes “the needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many?” Or do I have to wait many years in the future to hear that sentiment?
- lkrubner 5y agoIt’s a restatement of Bentham’s dictum from 1776: the law should do the greatest good for the greatest many. Churchill obviously knew of Bentham, but I think Churchill often put things more elegantly than some of the famous philosophers.