alright but if you just included the assumption that all people are capable of the same levels of happiness and pain then the main thing about utilitarianism is that it does encourage people to think about the welfare of others
maybe but that's not a base assumption of the philosophy so much as it is the person doing the value judgement. the situation is more nuanced than utilitarians being cartoon villains
alright but if you just included the assumption that all people are capable of the same levels of happiness and pain then the main thing about utilitarianism is that it does encourage people to think about the welfare of others
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medical care during an emergency is exactly where utilitarianism thrives the most and the focus is on maximising the number of lives saved
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I would argue triage follows the moral logic of utilitarianism
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maybe but that's not a base assumption of the philosophy so much as it is the person doing the value judgement. the situation is more nuanced than utilitarians being cartoon villains
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