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The greatest possible good for the greatest possible number . The problem of measuring benefit against injury becomes infinitely more complicated when the agent's subsidiary unethical intention and his primary ethical intention are ...
The greatest possible good for the greatest possible number . The problem of measuring benefit against injury becomes infinitely more complicated when the agent's subsidiary unethical intention and his primary ethical intention are ...
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But what , from an agnostic point of view , gives anyone the right to decide what would be the greatest possible good for the greatest possible number , or what is the absolute good , and then on the basis of that decision to ...
But what , from an agnostic point of view , gives anyone the right to decide what would be the greatest possible good for the greatest possible number , or what is the absolute good , and then on the basis of that decision to ...
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In both instances the intention is to serve the greatest good of the greatest number . Although we no longer sacrifice human beings to the gods , we do sacrifice them for raison d'état , and for the advancement of some utopian ...
In both instances the intention is to serve the greatest good of the greatest number . Although we no longer sacrifice human beings to the gods , we do sacrifice them for raison d'état , and for the advancement of some utopian ...
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