Search results

"calibrate" the utility functions of the different individuals. Relative utilitarianism proposes a natural calibration mechanism. For every i ∈ I {\displaystyle...

In ethical philosophy, utilitarianism is a family of normative ethical theories that prescribe actions that maximize happiness and well-being for the affected...

various ways to relax Arrow's axioms to get possibility results. Relative Utilitarianism (RU) (Dhillon and Mertens, 1999) is a SWF that consists of normalizing...

Average and total utilitarianism (also called averagism and totalism) are variants of utilitarianism that seek to maximize the average or total amount...

elections-related topics Consensus decision-making Decision making Democracy Relative Utilitarianism Highest median voting rules—similar voting method, based on medians...

compassion addresses criticisms aimed at utilitarianism of what some interpret to be disregard for marginal and relative circumstance. It also differs from...

Another response is the conclusion that total utilitarianism must be rejected in favour of average utilitarianism, which would result in situation A+ being...

certain similarities to utilitarianism and its focus on consequences but concentrates more on how morality is embedded in and relative to social and cultural...

journal requires |journal= (help) "Introduction to Utilitarianism – Utilitarianism.net". Utilitarianism. Retrieved 2022-04-14. Dundas, Paul (2002) p. 231...

obligatory to steer to the track with one man on it. According to classical utilitarianism, such a decision would be not only permissible, but, morally speaking...

common political and ethical motivations for formal punishment are utilitarianism and retributivism. Both these concepts have been articulated by law-makers...

feature of intrinsic values to have a negative side—e.g., the feature of utilitarianism to accept both pain and pleasure as of intrinsic value, since they may...

(2005). Anti-racism. Routledge. "Philosophical Dictionary: Ubermensch-Utilitarianism". www.philosophypages.com. Archived from the original on 2007-08-20...

satisfied preferrers." The position stands in contrast to classical utilitarianism, among other ethical theories, which holds that creating "satisfied...

The demandingness objection is a common argument raised against utilitarianism and other consequentialist ethical theories. The consequentialist requirement...

flaws in other ethical theories, for example, in G. E. Moore's ideal utilitarianism or in Immanuel Kant's deontology. Ross defends a realist position about...

often seen as a type of consequentialism, and can take the form of utilitarianism. It is important for various discussions and arguments about welfarism...

and comrades for those values if necessary. From the perspective of utilitarianism, protected values are biases when they prevent utility from being maximized...

persuasive reason for preferring rational egoism over utilitarianism. Although utilitarianism can be provided with a rational basis and reconciled with...

theoretical traditions: functionalism, conflict, symbolic interactionism, and utilitarianism. While modern sociological theory descends predominately from functionalist...