Lexicon of Arguments

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I 2/3
Utilitarianism/P. Singer: When it comes to achieving happiness for the largest number of individuals, consideration is given to what suffering or misfortune could be caused by enforcement. Utilitarianism is therefore not unrealistic. E.g. lies can be assessed in some circumstances as bad, in others however as good, depending on its consequences.
>Suffering, >Realism, >Justice, >Equality, >Inequality,
>Consequentialism.
I 10
Utilitarianism/Bentham/P. Singer: Bentham thesis: "Everyone counts as one and nobody as more than one".
>Utilitarism/Bentham.
I 13
Utilitarianism/P. Singer: my version is not that of the classic utilitarians like Bentham, Mill and Sidgwick. Their utilitarianism is called "hedonist utilitarianism", which is about the multiplication of happiness. > Preference utilitarianism.
>Utilitarism/Mill, >Utilitarism/Sidgwick, >Hedonism.
I 77
Death/Hedonist Utilitarianism/P. Singer: since there are no needs for the future after death, according to hedonistic utilitarianism there is no direct relevance of the term "person" (with a sense of the future) in relation to the falsehood of killing. Indirectly, however, there is: in relation to the fears that I can have as a living being.
>Person, >Future, >Planning.
I 78
Care for one's own future is now what distinguishes the person from other living beings.
>Humans, >Animals.

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