Full Idea
Once [utilitarians make it] a question of my neighbour's pleasure, it is no longer an end for me. That is just a philosophical fraud.
Gist of Idea
My neighbour's pleasure can't be an end for me
Source
Simone Weil (Lect 4: Ethics and Aesthetics [1933], p.166)
Book Reference
Weil,Simone: 'Lectures on Philosophy' [CUP 1978], p.166
A Reaction
The point seems to be the difficulty of motivation towards a 'universal good'. But then how are we to care about the 'general good' of our whole society? We don't clear up litter for the sake of individuals. 'Pleasure', or 'benefit'?