![]() Thus we can come up with a rule that lying is wrong except in the above circumstances. It may be necessary to tell a lie to save someone who is hiding from a murderous, jealous lover. Utilitarianism has much to offer and, indeed, it seems to be well represented by its advocates at some prestigious American universities. Thus lying (in the former example, above) and abduction (in the latter case) will cause more unhappiness than happiness. Rule-utilitarianism, it is argued, resolves such a situation holding that an act is right if the rule used fits in with a body of rules that brings into existence a greater degree of utility than would otherwise be the case. ![]() ![]() If a judge could send bailiffs out to round up citizens when the need for jurors arose, then citizens could never be sure when they would be abducted and when their individual rights would be violated. Rule-utilitarianism was introduced to overcome some of the problems encountered in the kind of problems cited above. PART II: KANT vs MILL - Rule-Utilitarianism
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