Does Utilitarianism Provide A Helpful Method Of Moral Decision-Making? Flashcards

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Bernard Williams suggest Utilitarianism is attractive for four reasons:

1) It doesn’t require religious belief, suggesting a ? kind of ethics.
2) Its basic ? seems reasonable.
3) It suggests that ? problems can be solved through a reasonable process.
4) It offers a common currency of moral ? that seems relatively straightforward to apply.

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Rational.
Good.
Moral.
Thought.

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? of Utilitarianism is that it relies on guesses about the future, it offers no reason to ? any action and there seems to be unfairness towards ?

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Criticisms.
Prohibit.
Minorities.

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