Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Yet another counterexample to act utilitarianism

It is wrong to torture a stranger for 100 minutes in order to avoid 99 minutes of equal torture to oneself.

1 comment:

Ethan.Silvernail said...

I could be misunderstanding, but wouldn't an Act Utilitarian agree with this statement since torturing the stranger results in 1 extra minute of torture?