Which of the following is a possible reason to reject utilitarianism? 1. it does not take into account how one's actions might impact the world 2. it only focuses on one's egoistic self interest do 3. it quickly falls into speciesist thinking 4. all of the above 5. none of the above

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Zackary Brandt

20 December, 01:25

Which of the following is a possible reason to reject utilitarianism? 1. it does not take into account how one's actions might impact the world 2. it only focuses on one's egoistic self interest do 3. it quickly falls into speciesist thinking 4. all of the above 5. none of the above

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Emilee Johnston · Answer 1

Number 1 is the right option

Explanation:

Utility doesn't always matter, and isn't the only thing that matters.

Utilitarianism says that utility, or happiness, is intrinsically valuable. It says, in fact, that utility is the only thing that is intrinsically valuable. But what does this mean? And how plausible is it? Does utility mean pleasure? Preference-satisfaction? Happiness in some broader, eudaimonistic sense? The more we start to think carefully about how many different things we might mean by "utility," the less obvious it seems that any one of those things could really be the only thing that has intrinsic value.

the basic idea is that because utilitarianism focuses exclusively on maximizing total utility, it fails to take into consideration in the right sort of way the way in which utility is distributed among different persons. Most of you are probably familiar with the worry that utilitarianism sanctions injustice the slavery of the few, for example, so long as it benefits the many.