Ethics and Values / Unit 4 Ethics 156 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Everybody Counts for One
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The idea
Utilitarian impartiality follows Bentham's dictum — everybody to count for one, nobody for more than one — so no person's happiness outranks another's.
In practice
The mayor's headache and the janitor's headache enter the sum at the same weight. Rank buys nothing at this counter.
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