Full Idea
Sidgwick's complex version of utilitarianism urges that institutions should be set in place to maximise utility, but that individual actions people undertake might not appear to be justifiable on utilitarian terms.
Gist of Idea
Sidwick argues for utilitarian institutions, rather than actions
Source
report of Henry Sidgwick (The Methods of Ethics (7th edn) [1874]) by Tuckness,A/Wolf,C - This is Political Philosophy 1 Refs
Book Reference
Tuckness,A / Wolf,C: 'This is Political Philosophy' [Wiley Blackwell 2017], p.29
A Reaction
This seems to be a specifically political version of utilitarianism, but isn't cited much by political philosophers who discuss utilitarianism.