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To be a utilitarian means that you judge actions as right or wrong in accordance with whether they have good consequences. So you try to do what will have the best consequences for all of those affected.
To be a utilitarian means that you judge actions as right or wrong in accordance with whether they have good consequences. So you try to do what will have the best consequences for all of those affected.
Approximate author period: c. 1946 AD · modern
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- Peter Singer
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- Approximate author period: c. 1946 AD · modern
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