There is a meaningful distinction between believing that utility should be agent neutral and believing that it should be agent relative.
Yes; but I’ve never thought of utilitarianism as being on one side or the other of that choice. Very often, when we talk about a utility function, we’re talking about an agent’s personal, agent-centric utility function.
As an ethical system it seems to me that utilitarianism strongly implies agent neutral utility. See the wikipedia entry for example. I get the impression that this is what most people who call themselves utilitarians mean.
Yes; but I’ve never thought of utilitarianism as being on one side or the other of that choice. Very often, when we talk about a utility function, we’re talking about an agent’s personal, agent-centric utility function.
As an ethical system it seems to me that utilitarianism strongly implies agent neutral utility. See the wikipedia entry for example. I get the impression that this is what most people who call themselves utilitarians mean.