rule utilitarianism

Question 1

argues we should always follow the rule that will lead to the greatest _______ of ____ over ____

Answer 1

• balance
• good
• evil

Question 2

argues that his general principle of liberty, leades to the greatest _______ _________
The needs of the general good outweight any individual issues [with e.g. drink or drugs]

Answer 2

• general happiness

Question 3

The problem with rule is that it places preservation of the rule above individual need, in the case of his theory of liberty…

Answer 3

he is reluctant to prevent individual harm, simply because the rule of maximising liberty shld be adhered to for the ggh:
“𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐫/𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐲𝐞𝐫.”

Question 4

another issue is that if it is difficult to calculate the good in an individual case, how much more difficult will it be to have confidence that adherence to a given general rule will always have a better outcome than other possibilites?

Answer 4

we know that always keeping to the general rule of maximising liberty or always telling the truth will have some unfortunatoe outcomes for indiv. but it’s doubtful we can ever be certain that following the general rule will necessarily lead to greatest balance of good over evil

Question 5

Who endorsed rule utilitarianism?

Answer 5

Mill