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23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 3. Motivation for Altruism

4124	Utilitarian benevolence involves no particular attachments, and is immune to the inverse square law [Williams,B]
	Full Idea: Utilitarian benevolence involves no particular attachments, and it is immune to the inverse square law.
	From: Bernard Williams (Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy [1985], Ch. 5)
	A reaction: Nicely put. The point is that the theory is inhuman, but Mill says it tells us what we should do, not what we actually tend to do.