In the previous Felicifia forum there was a discussion on how to categorize the various objections to Utilitarianism that people have proposed, into general groups that, between them, cover all proposed objections.
There's a provisional breakdown into groups at:
Precedent Utilitarianism
Has anyone here come across any proposed objections that don't fit into the top level categories:
There's a provisional breakdown into groups at:
Precedent Utilitarianism
Has anyone here come across any proposed objections that don't fit into the top level categories:
- The theory is not self-consistent
- The theory is not well-defined enough to be usable
- The theory can't be followed in practice, for some reason other than how well-defined it is
- The theory shouldn't be followed because doing so, in practice, would lead to bad consequences