If you were on trial for your life (because of an alleged murder), would you want the judge to be an act- utilitarian, a rule- utilitarian, or neither? Why?
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- Act-utilitarianism is a form of utilitarianism that evaluates the morality of an action based on the consequences of that specific action. An act-utilitarian would consider whether the specific act of convicting or acquitting you would result in the greatest Show more…
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