goatghost:

For those of you who don’t know
Utilitarianism = The greatest good for the greatest amount of people. Utilitarianism warrants that an action is moral if it creates the most good for the most people. There are 3 main problems with utilitarianism, or util for typings sake….

After stopping and saving what I had originally written, I found that I actually had not saved and as a result am starting again.

As you stated, we both seem to be on the same general page, or perhaps in the same book.

When I was thinking about the trust argument that you made, I can to a realization, or perhaps a question. Hypothetically, If everyone where to operate in accordance to utilitarian principles would any significant change be made? I was thinking about the way in which you argued the issue of trust. Individuals, being individuals, seem to have unique sets of values. This being said, is it not true that the way in which every person weighs an action is different, so in reality nothing would truly be changed because morality would be holistically determined by each person, or I suppose that the alternative is to have a single person or a small group be the determiner of what is “good” which also seems like a terrible method. Thoughts?

Also I am pressed for time right now, but I plan on looking up the study that you mentioned :)