The other problem with utilitarianism was very elegantly pointed out by @Chapo_is_Red . "Who the fuck made this button?"
A lot of utilitarian ideas tend to accept some false dichotomy or some condition as absolute. Like "is torture ok if it stops terrorist attacks?" But wait, why are terrorists attacking in the first place? And why are we assuming the torture will work? etc etc.
The other problem with utilitarianism was very elegantly pointed out by @Chapo_is_Red . "Who the fuck made this button?"
A lot of utilitarian ideas tend to accept some false dichotomy or some condition as absolute. Like "is torture ok if it stops terrorist attacks?" But wait, why are terrorists attacking in the first place? And why are we assuming the torture will work? etc etc.
Absolutely. Oddly enough, as a tool to help humans think about the world, utilitarianism doesn’t seem to have a ton of utility