Today I had an in class essay/test in my philosophy class.  I have decided that I am great at making things up and getting good grades on philosophy papers.  Too bad you can't make a living in BSing (if you could, then could you get a degree in it?  And would it be called a BS in BSing?)

   Today's essay was how to answer a moral dilemma.  The dilemma is that some guy (who is apparently french for some reason) lives with his mother, who is on her deathbed.  He gets drafted into the war so the question is whether he dodges the draft and stays with his mother so she does not die alone and uncared for, or he goes to war and lets his mother fend for herself.  We had to apply these two moral theories to the situation to see what he would do.  I showed how under each of the moral theories it could go either way. 

    The most interesting point was about the Utilitarian concept of morality.  Basically a Utilitarian thinks that whatever act you do should be weighed to produce the most happiness for the most people.  I said if a utilitarian were acting in this way, he would kill his own mother, donate her organs while they still worked to those who need them, and then go to war.  I don't know why, but philosophy teachers really like that kind of crap.    I ended my 12 page paper thus: "In conclusion, I am an awesome philosopher.  Instead of answering a simple question, I produced more questions.  Questions are the essence of philophy.  Thus, as philosophers it is our moral imperitive to create as many questions as possible and leave the answers to the mathemeticians."