Ethics and Values / Unit 4 Ethics 163 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Act Utilitarianism
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The idea
Act utilitarianism applies the principle of utility one act at a time: each choice is right when that particular act maximizes happiness.
In practice
Facing one lie that would spare a town panic, the act utilitarian scores this lie, in this place, today — no rulebook consulted.
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