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Everybody Counts for One

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Utilitarian impartiality follows Bentham's dictum — everybody to count for one, nobody for more than one — so no person's happiness outranks another's.

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The mayor's headache and the janitor's headache enter the sum at the same weight. Rank buys nothing at this counter.