Objections to Utilitarianism and Possible Utilitarian Responses

This video is part of both Peter Singer's Practical Ethics class (Practical Ethics Course) and his Effective Altruism class (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list....

Professor Peter Singer discusses objections to utilitarianism and counterarguments to those objections. Questions discussed include: Does utilitarianism conflict with our ideas of what is right? Is utilitarianism too demanding? Singer also introduces rule utilitarianism as a possible response to some objections.

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