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Full Idea
A mistake of consequentialists is to treat actions as though they can somehow be isolated from the people performing them.
Gist of Idea
You can't separate acts from the people performing them
Source
Jonathan Glover (Introductions to Utilitarianism and its Critics [1990], Pt Five)
Book Ref
'Utilitarianism and Its Critics', ed/tr. Glover,Jonathan [Macmillan 1990], p.152
A Reaction
I agree. The weather produces consequences. Morality is about people. Crocodiles, for example, are exempt.
| 3784 | Duty prohibits some acts, whatever their consequences [Glover] |
| 3785 | You can't separate acts from the people performing them [Glover] |
| 3786 | Aggression in defence may be beneficial but morally corrupting [Glover] |
| 3783 | How can utilitarianism decide the ideal population size? [Glover] |
| 3787 | Rule-utilitarianism is either act-utilitarianism, or not really utilitarian [Glover] |
| 3782 | Satisfaction of desires is not at all the same as achieving happiness [Glover, by PG] |