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Rule Utilitarianism (Smart (Response (We should amend the rule to allow…
Rule Utilitarianism
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Objections
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If making friendships produce greater happiness, do I value them?
Second
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Insist that people's values are broadly in line with what the set of rules that maximises happiness generally requires
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Development
- Could provide some reason for following rules even when doing so doesn't maximise happiness
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Actions are right when they follow a rule that maximises happiness overall even when the action itself doesn't maximise happiness in the particular situation
- Could argue that despite recommending that we follow rules when doing so doesn't maximise happiness, it is still a better theory than act utilitarianism
- Problems with calculation
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- Fairness, individual liberty and rights
Mill's argument is correct, but it entails rule utilitarianism
A rule that allows partiality to ourselves will create more happiness than a rule that requires constant impartiality
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Claims that an action is right if it complies with those rules which would lead to the greatest happiness
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