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  2. Negative utilitarianism - Wikipedia

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    Negative utilitarianism is a form of negative consequentialism that can be described as the view that people should minimize the total amount of aggregate suffering, or that they should minimize suffering and then, secondarily, maximize the total amount of happiness.

  3. Utilitarianism - Wikipedia

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    Punishment might make "bad people" into "better" ones. For the utilitarian, all that "bad person" can mean is "person who's likely to cause unwanted things (like suffering)". So, utilitarianism could recommend punishment that changes someone such that they are less likely to cause bad things. Successful rehabilitation would reduce recidivism. [155]

  4. Utility monster - Wikipedia

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    For example, Rawls' maximin considers a group's utility to be the same as the utility of the member who is worst off. The "happy" utility monster of total utilitarianism is ineffective against maximin, because as soon as a monster has received enough utility to no longer be the worst-off in the group, there's no need to accommodate it.

  5. 50 Truths That Make Life Unbearable For Today’s ‘Lost ...

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    Image credits: moshik_temkin If we were to believe Maslow's hierarchy of needs, we need our basic physical needs met in order to be happy. That includes food, shelter, stable income, and good health.

  6. Demandingness objection - Wikipedia

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    For example, if our resources maximize utility through charitable contributions rather than spending them on ourselves, we are, according to utilitarianism, morally required to do so. The objection holds that this clashes with our intuitions about morality, since we would normally consider such acts to be " supererogatory " (praiseworthy but ...

  7. Act utilitarianism - Wikipedia

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    Act utilitarianism is a utilitarian theory of ethics that states that a person's act is morally right if and only if it produces the best possible results in that specific situation. Classical utilitarians, including Jeremy Bentham , John Stuart Mill , and Henry Sidgwick , define happiness as pleasure and the absence of pain.

  8. From Bad Decisions To Bizarre Timing, Here Are 40 Cursed ...

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    These are the images that make you pause, squint, and maybe even laugh nervously. They’re weird, unsettling, and downright absurd, but somehow, you just can’t look away. #4

  9. Two-level utilitarianism - Wikipedia

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    For example, rule utilitarianism was criticized for implying that in some cases an individual should pursue a course of action that would obviously not maximise utility. Conversely, act utilitarianism was criticized for not allowing for a 'human element' in its calculations, i.e. it is sometimes too difficult (or impossible) for an ordinary person.