It doesn’t make sense to me to count maximization of total X as “utilitarianism” if X is pleasure or if X is preference satisfaction but not if X is some other measure of quality of life. It doesn’t seem like that would cut reality at the joints. I don’t necessarily hold the position I described, but I think most criticisms of it are misguided, and it’s natural enough to deserve a short name.
It doesn’t make sense to me to count maximization of total X as “utilitarianism” if X is pleasure or if X is preference satisfaction but not if X is some other measure of quality of life. It doesn’t seem like that would cut reality at the joints. I don’t necessarily hold the position I described, but I think most criticisms of it are misguided, and it’s natural enough to deserve a short name.