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Ideas for 'Paradoxes: Form and Predication', 'Contemporary Political Philosophy (1st edn)' and 'Letters to Thomas Burnett'

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23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism is not a decision-procedure; choice of the best procedure is an open question [Kymlicka]
One view says start with equality, and infer equal weight to interests, and hence maximum utility [Kymlicka]
A second view says start with maximising the good, implying aggregation, and hence equality [Kymlicka]