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That's a vast misrepresentation of utilitarianism. All it says is "maximize a utility function", without defining either what the utility function is, or how it
by Filligree 10y ago
That's a vast misrepresentation of utilitarianism. All it says is "maximize a utility function", without defining either what the utility function is, or how it should be aggregated across multiple people.
Very few utilitarians would define it as happiness.
- eli_gottlieb 10y agoHedonic utilitarianism is actually the standard notion of utilitarianism. You're thinking of consequentialism in general.