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Full Idea
If I discreetly murdered a gloomy and solitary tramp who was upsetting people in my village, if is hard to see how utilitarianism could demonstrate that I had done something wrong.
Gist of Idea
Utilitarianism seems to justify the discreet murder of unhappy people
Source
PG (Db (ideas) [2031])
6570 | Imagine millions made happy on condition that one person suffers endless lonely torture [James] |
22406 | The maximisation of happiness must be done fairly [Rawls, by Smart] |
3877 | Utilitarianism seems to justify the discreet murder of unhappy people [PG] |