[LINK] SMBC on human and alien values

This seems to be an argument against hedonistic utilitarianism, but not utilitarianism in general.

This makes me angry on so many levels. (Spoilers Below)

• "We believe it is the goal of every species to behave with the best ethics possible." -> Who would say that? If only intelligent beings, is the argument that every single being a utilitarian, or only a small important subset? Do we argue that apes should be utilitarians? What do they mean the "goal"; isn't the benefit of the ethics more the "goal" then the means are?

• 'The best ethics? It's like... trying to maximize how happy everyone is." Utilitarianism is here explained by someone who barely seems to understand utilitarianism. This is a straw man, that's not fair. Any decent enthusiast should at least provide a much more succinct response, and I imagine that in the future we should have a much better understanding of it as well.

• The alien plays sarcastic in the end, saying it's "highest behavior" is "smugly tolerating inferior species". I'm curious what Zach could have put their as a realistic possible example.

Short answer, it's possible to make anything look silly when you get idiots to represent it.

Also, note that if we actually were at a point as a species where utilitarianism were the de-facto philosophy, my guess is that the world would look quite different. And I agree with Tuxedage on hedonistic utilitarianism vs. utilitarianism here.