Average and total utilitarianism
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Average and total utilitarianism
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Average and total utilitarianism are variants of utilitarianism that seek to maximize the average or total amount of utility; following Henry Sidgwick's question, "Is it total or average happiness that we seek to make a maximum?". They are theories of population ethics, a philosophical field that deals with problems arising when our actions affect the number or identity of individuals born in the future.
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Variants of utilitarianism
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2023-09-15T16:43:48Z
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