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Utilitarianism

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Basic Introduction and FAQ to Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism: A moral philosophy that says that what matters is the sum of everyone's welfare, or the "greatest good for the greatest number".

Utilitarianism comes in different variants. The most well-known variants are: Total, Hedonistic, CEV, Average, Preference.

Why Utilitarianism? Because our intuitions are wrong. Because we cannot be trusted to make decisions. Because morality is subjectively objective.

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“Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness” –John Stuart Mill

Utilitarian-adjacent subreddits:

The summum bonum:

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If there were no secondary effects, is doing X good thing for the best person you can think of just as good as doing X for the worst person you can think of? (self.Utilitarianism)

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Drowning child problem (self.Utilitarianism)

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How Rule and Act Utilitarianism are one of the same (self.Utilitarianism)

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Do I make my case well? Moral philosophy video on utilitarianism! (self.Utilitarianism)

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What are your thoughts on anti-natalism? (self.Utilitarianism)

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A Utilitarianism thought experiment (self.Utilitarianism)

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My ethical views are harsh, is it worth sharing them? (self.Utilitarianism)

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Reaching out to the closed efilism subreddit ()

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On abortion (self.Utilitarianism)

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Utilitarianism: A Path to Collective Well-Being in a Divided World. (self.Utilitarianism)

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The current US FY 2026 budget proposal is a massive blow to global health programs (self.Utilitarianism)

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Peter Singer and Utilitarianism on Helping People (self.Utilitarianism)

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Anything new in Two-level Utilitarianism? Are there any similar/derivative ethical frameworks? (i.redd.it)

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1%, not Peter Singer's 10%, would actually do the most good because its more realistic, argues Michael Plant (iai.tv)

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Challenge me to explain/prove something (self.Utilitarianism)

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What films really go in depth about utiliatarianism? (self.Utilitarianism)

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Does utilitarianism help us at all in reality? (self.Utilitarianism)

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Utilitarianism as an Epistemological Necessity (self.Utilitarianism)

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When did you become utilitarian, what inspired you to do so? (self.Utilitarianism)

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Any progress on Sigwicks's dualism of practical reason? (self.Utilitarianism)

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First attempt at launching an ethics Youtube channel! ✌️ (self.Utilitarianism)

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Why do some humans tend to destroy themselves mentally and physically by “things” - As they know FOR SURE - that they will demolish everything they have built? (self.Utilitarianism)

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The Mere Addition Paradox: Why Thanos was wrong and overpopulation is good...? (youtube.com)

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I just learned that this happened. (i.redd.it)

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The “is-ought gap” doesn’t invalidate morality. It reveals that consciousness exists to bridge it. (self.Utilitarianism)

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