Had you ever heard about utilitarianism before attending this course? I had never, until this Friday. To start the class, the teacher wrote some questions to be discussed. They were related to our memoirs; the society and how comfortable we felt inside it; the last one was morality (also implied within society). Later, Mr. Rodríguez explained the reason why he proposed these questions. He linked them with the story we are supposed to be reading: Letters from the underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Furthermore, this new concept "utilitarianism" was introduced. Maybe I am going to be mistaken, but I remember it was something about doing what you love doing without caring of others viewpoints; however, one colleague added that these actions must not harm anyone; in that case, they are allowed. I think it was an interesting class. Then, we read the handout. It was an explanation of Mr. Dostoevsky's ideas on life in XIX century Russia, and their influence in "modernism". To finish, we were asked to continue reading the book and be prepared to a mini forum we will make.
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