C. McGinn. Absurd Utilitarianism / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev
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 so...
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Omsk State Technical University, Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education
2024-02-01
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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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| title | C. McGinn. Absurd Utilitarianism / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev |
| title_full | C. McGinn. Absurd Utilitarianism / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev |
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| title_short | C. McGinn. Absurd Utilitarianism / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev |
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