1. Defining Act Utilitarianism
To further illustrate this theory an example may be used; say that there is a shortage of organ donations, and in a desperate attempt to provide organs to those in need, governments and hospitals decide to harvest organs from criminals who face a lifetime in jail. ... If presented with this set of objections an act utilitarian would respond with reason defending their view, one possibility of which will now be discussed. ... I set out to portray act utilitarianism through example and analysis, and therefore identify one of the strongest objections to this theory and how an act utilitarian woul...
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