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Utility monster

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The utility monster is a thought experiment in the study of ethics created by philosopher Robert Nozick in 1974 as a criticism of utilitarianism.

Utility monster - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thought experiment critiquing utilitarianism Part of a series on Utilitarianism Predecessors Mozi Shantideva Francis Hutcheson David Hume Claude Adrien Helvétius Cesare Beccaria William Paley William Godwin Intellectuals Jeremy Bentham James Mill John Stuart Mill Herbert Spencer Henry Sidgwick R. M. Hare Peter Singer Types Act Average Classical Negative Preference Rule Total Two-level Concepts Consequentialism Eudaimonia Equal consideration Felicific calculus Happiness Pain Pleasure Social choice rule Suffering U

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