rule utilitarianism Flashcards

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argues we should always follow the rule that will lead to the greatest _______ of ____ over ____

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  • balance
  • good
  • evil
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argues that his general principle of liberty, leades to the greatest _______ _________
The needs of the general good outweight any individual issues [with e.g. drink or drugs]

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  • general happiness
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The problem with rule is that it places preservation of the rule above individual need, in the case of his theory of libertyโ€ฆ

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he is reluctant to prevent individual harm, simply because the rule of maximising liberty shld be adhered to for the ggh:
โ€œ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐›๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ซ/๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ.โ€

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another issue is that if it is difficult to calculate the good in an individual case, how much more difficult will it be to have confidence that adherence to a given general rule will always have a better outcome than other possibilites?

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we know that always keeping to the general rule of maximising liberty or always telling the truth will have some unfortunatoe outcomes for indiv. but itโ€™s doubtful we can ever be certain that following the general rule will necessarily lead to greatest balance of good over evil

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Who endorsed rule utilitarianism?

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Mill

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