Utilitarianism Is Not a Moral Theory

Shand, John (2024). Utilitarianism Is Not a Moral Theory. Filosofiska Notiser, Årgång, 11(1) pp. 63–73.

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Abstract

Utilitarianism in order to count as a moral theory would within the theory itself have to identify the moral and distinguish it from the amoral. It fails to do this without calling upon theoretical ethical considerations that are outside the ethical theory available to utilitarianism and such considerations are unexplained by utilitarianism. Utilitarianism fails to circumscribe the moral domain by not identifying what is essential for something to be a moral matter as opposed to an amoral matter. Therefore, utilitarianism taken in itself is not a moral theory.

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