The problem is almost always under-specified for a utilitarian to answer. As a result to demand that it has a single solution without further detail is to prejudice the answer
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You mean like, “the trolley problem” doesn’t specify whether the single person on the spur is your child or not?
sep 2, 2025, 3:07 pm • 0 0 • view
I just mean that it doesn't tell you any of the enormous host of consequences that would be necessary for a utilitarian calculus. What do I expect each of those people will do with their lives? What will happen to me after I do or do not push the person? Will my pushing change social norms? Etc.
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