181. Issues of Utilitarian Ethics

2020-02-05

Many shower praise on utilitarianism as The Objectively Correct Ethical System, but is it possible they’re putting the cart before the horse? Do its uncomfortable edge cases give us cause for caution?

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SMBC’s version of the Utility Monster (starring Felix!) - https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2012-04-03

“Anarchy, State, & Utopia” by Robert Nozick - https://antilogicalism.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/anarchy-state-utopia.pdf

Parfit’s Repugnant Conclusion, via SEP - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/repugnant-conclusion/

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