#HenrySidgwick

“Sidgwick followed his arguments wherever they went — out of his church, out of his job, into séance rooms and women's colleges — and when his life's work ended in an unsolved problem, he had the honesty to say so.”

“If you audit the ways ordinary people actually reason about right and wrong — self-interest, common-sense rules, the greatest happiness — utilitarianism survives the audit best; but reason alone cannot settle the final fight between "what's best for me" and "what's best for everyone."”