One of my professors once gave a lecture on how utilitarianism was originally intended to be an ethical theory specifically for government. I haven’t done enough reading to be able to argue either for or against this, but it makes sense—avoids this failure mode and feels like it fits with the “if not divine right, then what?” philosophical upheaval.
One of my professors once gave a lecture on how utilitarianism was originally intended to be an ethical theory specifically for government. I haven’t done enough reading to be able to argue either for or against this, but it makes sense—avoids this failure mode and feels like it fits with the “if not divine right, then what?” philosophical upheaval.