Question

A rule utilitarian in today's society would say it is OK to discriminate among people as long as the majority benefit.

A. True

B. False

Answer 1

False. The rule utilitarian in today's society would not say it is OK to discriminate among people as long as the majority benefit. A rule utilitarianism doesn't maximise the utility based on a single act but based on whether the rule maximises utility if it is followed all the time. In this case, Not discriminating among people as a rule will always have a higher utility than any other alternative as a rule, and thus the rule utilitarian will not say it is Ok to discriminate in one specific case if the majority benefit.

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