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What Is the Truth About Total Utilitarianism?
If you accept total utilitarianism, then you're committed to the so called repugnant conclusion. Many people think this conclusion isn't repugnant. So where else might you look? But that just commits you to a different poison. Let me answer iti different poison pills. Maybe you can describe ind of the different te ifferent poison pills that a that you might consider taking. What are some other like, semi plausible theories? Ok, those are two different questions. O thing. The question begging name is how do we get away with not having any welfare at all and living in an extremely good state of affairs? That's one of the extand examples of the problems for
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