Maximizing is Merely Ideal Bryan Caplan argues that no-one really believes utilitarianism is true: Bill is a paragon of decency.  If he really believed he morally owed vast sums to the poor, he’d skip GenCon and fork over the money.  Since he doesn’t, I infer that despite his official position, utilitarianism seems almost as crazy Read More

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