Re: utilitarianism: Is there any known way to resolve the Utility Monster issue?
Yes, don’t be utilitarian. Seriously. The “utility monster” isn’t a weird anomaly. It is just what utilitarianism is fundamentally about, but taken to an extreme where the problem is actually obvious to those who otherwise just equate ‘utilitarianism’ with ‘egalitarianism’.
Yes, don’t be utilitarian. Seriously. The “utility monster” isn’t a weird anomaly. It is just what utilitarianism is fundamentally about, but taken to an extreme where the problem is actually obvious to those who otherwise just equate ‘utilitarianism’ with ‘egalitarianism’.