Utilitarianism without Moral Aggregation
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Abstract Is an outcome where many people are saved and one person dies better than the is die? According to standard utilitarian justification, former because it has a greater sum total of well-being. This justification involves controversial form moral aggregation, based on comparison between aggregates different people’s Still, alternative justification—the Argument for Best Outcomes—does not involve aggregation. I extend Outcomes show that any evaluation can be justified without
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Philosophy
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1911-0820', '0045-5091']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/can.2021.20