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The Joe Walker Podcast

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The Pros and Cons of Utilitarianism in Public Service

I don't want to be too critical of those who are firmly wedded to utilitarianism because I think it has enormous strengths. It's just that I want them to be particularly focused in particular areas and not, and not allow themselves to get relaxed by what's happening to the average of the majority or whatever. So many biographies have been written of political figures in Australia. Is there anyone in the public service living or dead who would be befitting of like a 700 page recollections of a bleeding heart style biography? Are there any public servants who we need to know about? I don't know.

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