Ethics and Values / Unit 4 Ethics 178 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Third Defense: Move to Rules
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The idea
The third defense routes around the counterexamples: adopt rule utilitarianism, since a rule permitting frame-ups could never clear the happiness audit.
In practice
The sheriff consults practices, not cases: a justice system that hangs scapegoats collapses trust wholesale. The rule flunks, so the act is out.
Your place on the trail
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