Despite its plausibility, utilitarianism has many bizarre implications; these make it difficult to hold the view in a consistent way.For example, imagine a town where the lynch mob enjoys hangings so much that it maximizes pleasure to hang you for a crime that you didn't commit. Would it then be right to hang you?
Utilitarians can respond to such objections by biting the bullet (accepting the implausible result), denying that such cases are possible, or modifying utilitarianism.
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