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)
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'?
Book Reference
Weil,Simone: 'Lectures on Philosophy' [CUP 1978], p.166