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Applied Ethics · Chapter 3

Patch the Theory

Five objections have been aimed at utilitarianism for fifty years and none of them has been cleanly answered. What has happened instead is that the theory has been amended. Switch the standard repairs on and off, watch which objections stop biting — and watch the meter that tracks how much of the original theory you have left.

The repair kit — switch any on

What each repair costs you

How much utilitarianism is left

Objections still biting5
Managed, not answered0
Amendments applied0

The five objections — tap any for the full charge