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On rule utilitarianism, we could establish an anti-abortion view if we could show that
{ 1 } - abortions usually don't maximize good consequences.
{ 2 } - human life begins at conception.
{ 3 } - it would have the best consequences if people adopted and tried to live by a strict rule against killing from the moment of conception.
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On rule utilitarianism, we could establish an anti-abortion view if we could show that
{ 1 } - abortions usually don't maximize good consequences.
{ 2 } - human life begins at conception.
{ 3 } - it would have the best consequences if people adopted and tried to live by a strict rule against killing from the moment of conception.
This isn't relevant to the rule utilitarian argument.
But act utilitarians would claim that this premise, if correct, would lead to a "rule of thumb" against having an abortion.
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On rule utilitarianism, we could establish an anti-abortion view if we could show that
{ 1 } - abortions usually don't maximize good consequences.
{ 2 } - human life begins at conception.
{ 3 } - it would have the best consequences if people adopted and tried to live by a strict rule against killing from the moment of conception.
This isn't relevant to the rule utilitarian argument.
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On rule utilitarianism, we could establish an anti-abortion view if we could show that
{ 1 } - abortions usually don't maximize good consequences.
{ 2 } - human life begins at conception.
{ 3 } - it would have the best consequences if people adopted and tried to live by a strict rule against killing from the moment of conception.
One might argue that this rule, by its strictness, would best preserve respect for human life -- and that the alternative rules about killing would erode respect for life and thus ultimately have bad consequences on society.
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