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Suppose that you could maximize pleasure by secretly killing your miserable rich father and donating his money to buy a park for poor children. Utilitarianism says that
{ 1 } - you ought not to do this -- since the general practice of killing people for such purposes would have bad results.
{ 2 } - you ought to do this.
{ 3 } - you ought not to do this -- since the killing the innocent is wrong in itself.
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Suppose that you could maximize pleasure by secretly killing your miserable rich father and donating his money to buy a park for poor children. Utilitarianism says that
{ 1 } - you ought not to do this -- since the general practice of killing people for such purposes would have bad results.
{ 2 } - you ought to do this.
{ 3 } - you ought not to do this -- since the killing the innocent is wrong in itself.
Rule utilitarians might hold this -- since they say we should do what would be prescribed by the RULES with the best consequences for people in society to try to follow.
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Suppose that you could maximize pleasure by secretly killing your miserable rich father and donating his money to buy a park for poor children. Utilitarianism says that
{ 1 } - you ought not to do this -- since the general practice of killing people for such purposes would have bad results.
{ 2 } - you ought to do this.
{ 3 } - you ought not to do this -- since the killing the innocent is wrong in itself.
Utilitarianism says that the act that maximizes pleasure ought to be done.
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Suppose that you could maximize pleasure by secretly killing your miserable rich father and donating his money to buy a park for poor children. Utilitarianism says that
{ 1 } - you ought not to do this -- since the general practice of killing people for such purposes would have bad results.
{ 2 } - you ought to do this.
{ 3 } - you ought not to do this -- since the killing the innocent is wrong in itself.
Utilitarianism denies that any kind of action is wrong in itself. Instead, it evaluates actions solely on the basis of consequences.
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