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According to the theory of utilitarianism, when an action generates happiness for the maximum number of people, then the action is morally supported.
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So to give an example of this, i was recently invited to go swimming.
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My kids asked me to go swimming with them.
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My children are older teenagers.
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They're perfectly capable of going by themselves, but they did invite me to go along.
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However, i'm not feeling great and i knew it wouldn't necessarily be as fun with me there.
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I might be a bit of a downer just because i'm a little under the weather right now.
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So i suggested they go to our community pool without me.
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And i told them, i'm like, you're going to have more fun.
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I won't be there to be like, oh no, you can't do that...