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Average utilitarianism is dumb because it implies that we should kill unhappy people
It does not for plausible versions. Average utilitarianism maximizes the average utility that people will experience over the course of their life. So killing people is still bad even if they have below average utility.
Average utilitarianism is dumb because it implies that we should kill unhappy people
It does not for plausible versions. Average utilitarianism maximizes the average utility that people will experience over the course of their life. So killing people is still bad even if they have below average utility.