First, egalitarians might measure inequality in ways that permit losses to the badly off that would be ruled out byutilitarianismand prioritarianism.From theCambridge English Corpus
But as an answer to the question of howutilitarianismis insensitive to distribution, although this answer is not false, it is useless.From theCambridge English Corpus
But ifutilitarianismsuffers from presupposition failure, it is more or less meaningless.From theCambridge English Corpus
Utilitarianismcontinues to vex its critics even in the absence of generally respected arguments in its favour.From theCambridge English Corpus
In effect, the policy of minimizing unmet needs might be taken to be a version of negativeutilitarianism, which recommends minimizing pain and suffering.From theCambridge English Corpus
Utilitarianismand intuitionism qualify as methods of ethics, therefore, because one can understand either as a rational procedure that produces this sort of cognition.From theCambridge English Corpus
Parfit (1991) says that the priority view departs fromutilitarianismin exactly one way: it claims that benefiting the worse off matters more.From theCambridge English Corpus
Secondly, if we accept some additional axioms, then the only value function that satisfies them is critical-levelutilitarianism.From theCambridge English Corpus
This does not mean that egalitarianism has collapsed intoutilitarianism, however.From theCambridge English Corpus
Just as there was no imperial logic to liberalism, so the relationship betweenutilitarianismand empire is rather more ambiguous than is sometimes recognized.From theCambridge English Corpus
Section 7 argues that ex post prioritarianism was never a genuine alternative toutilitarianismanyway.From theCambridge English Corpus
And he claims that given an account of what the individual goodness measures are, it is a further question whetherutilitarianismis correct.From theCambridge English Corpus
Unlike moral commands in indirect versions ofutilitarianism, the categorical imperative is a guide to moral action that reveals the source of moral goodness.From theCambridge English Corpus
The second difficulty with cooperativeutilitarianismalso flows from its deep structure, but here its teleological aspect.From theCambridge English Corpus
And this defense is the best one to focus on to argue that the case forutilitarianismdoes not rely on distributive intuitionism.From theCambridge English Corpus
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