utilitarian argument
collocation in Englishmeaningsofutilitarianandargument
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utilitarian
adjective
uk/ˌjuː.tɪ.lɪˈteə.ri.ən/us/juːˌtɪl.əˈter.i.ən/
designed to be useful rather ...
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argument
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɑːɡ.jə.mənt/us/ˈɑːrɡ.jə.mənt/
a disagreement, or the process ...
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It began by noting that there are usually two types of justification available for autilitarianargument: egalitarian and teleological.
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Previously, we showed that an unsophisticatedutilitarianargumentcan justify the suffering of a few for the gains of the many.
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Autilitarianargumentis put forward that, at times, it is permissible to harm a few for the benefit of many.
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Against that,utilitarianargumentwould have it that the world is suffering from overpopulation and nothing should be done to increase that.
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It seems to me that that was the onlyutilitarianargumentthat was put.
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Does he believe that there is a moral bottom line in such autilitarianargument, and if so, what is it?
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That is theutilitarianargument.
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However, there is autilitarianargument, which claims that, ethically, an act of omission is the same as an act of commission, and that only the end result matters.
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Theutilitarianargumentagainst the restoration of the death penalty—the argument about miscarriages of justice —is the most powerful, but it is by no means the only practical argument against.
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Theutilitarianargumentfocuses on the greatest good for the greatest amount of people or the greater good.
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There are, of course, utilitarian arguments for the superiority of systems premised on individual choice.
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Theutilitarianargumentheld that the disadvantage to a few (such as denial of potentially beneficial interventions) was justifiable for the advantage of many future patients.
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As a result, it provides a weak justification for prohibition of most forms of directed donation, particularly against utilitarian arguments in favor of directed donation to be described later.
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What we have not heard a great deal of have been utilitarian arguments in favour of maintaining the ceremony.
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All these utilitarian arguments can be countered by a solid material reason for not damaging our inheritance of beauty.
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Whatever economic and utilitarian arguments we advance for a reduction in the top rates of tax, regrettably we are politicians.
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It is not easy to find utilitarian arguments.
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I think that in this country, with the density of population that we already have, there are substantial utilitarian arguments justifying fairly firm control of immigration.
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Unconvincing indeed are these utilitarian arguments.
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Libertarians often use utilitarian arguments to support their own arguments.
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