Ethics and Values / Unit 4 Ethics 164 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Rule Utilitarianism
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The idea
Rule utilitarianism applies the principle to rules: act by the set of rules whose general acceptance would maximize happiness.
In practice
The hospital forbids lying to patients even when one lie looks merciful, because the practice of truth-telling, kept whole, does the most good.
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