Essay Archive - Mill's Utilitarianism: Sacrifice the Innocent For The Common Good?
Mill's Utilitarianism: Sacrifice the Innocent For The Common Good?
When faced with a moral dilemma, utilitarianism identifies the
appropriate considerations, but offers no realistic way to gather the necessary
information to make the required calculations. This lack of information is a
problem both in evaluating the welfare issues and in evaluating the
consequentialist issues which utilitarianism requires be weighed when making
moral decisions. Utilitarianism attempts to solve both of these difficulties by
appealing to experience; however, no method ....
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