Absurd Utilitarianism / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev

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https://doi.org/10.25206/2542-0488-2024-9-1-85-89

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utilitarianism, maximization aggregate utility, population ethics, repugnant conclusion, brains in vats

Abstract

The essay contains a radical critique of the total act utilitarianism. The consistent implementation principle of aggregate utility maximization suggests that the best world what we can create (with a given amount of resource R) would be a world with countless rat brains in vats converted into solid pleasure centers.

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Nekhaev Andrei Viktorovich, Omsk State Technical University, Omsk, Russia

Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of History, Philosophy and Social Communications Department, Omsk State Technical University, Omsk; Professor of Philosophy Department, Tyumen State University, Tyumen; Research Associate of the Laboratory of Logical and Philosophical Studies, Tomsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, RAS, Tomsk.

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2024-02-28

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Nekhaev А. В., & К. МакГинн. (2024). Absurd Utilitarianism / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev. Omsk Scientific Bulletin. Series Society. History. Modernity, 9(1), 85–89. https://doi.org/10.25206/2542-0488-2024-9-1-85-89

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2024)

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Philosophy

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