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Utility monster

Utilitarianism
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Predecessors Mozi Shantideva David Hume Claude Adrien Helvétius Cesare Beccaria William Godwin Francis Hutcheson William Paley
Key proponents Jeremy Bentham John Stuart Mill Henry Sidgwick R. M. Hare Peter Singer
Types of utilitarianism Negative Rule Act Two-level Total Average Preference Classical
Key concepts Pain Suffering Pleasure Utility Happiness Eudaimonia Consequentialism Equal consideration Felicific calculus Utilitarian social choice rule
Problems Demandingness objection Mere addition paradox Paradox of hedonism Replaceability argument Utility monster
Works An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1780) On Liberty (1859) Utilitarianism (1861)
Related topics Rational choice theory Game theory Neoclassical economics Population ethics Effective altruism
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The utility monster is a thought experiment in the study of ethics created by philosopher Robert Nozick in 1974 as a criticism of utilitarianism.^[1]

^ Kennard, Frederick (March 20, 2015). Thought Experiments: Popular Thought Experiments in Philosophy, Physics, Ethics, Computer Science & Mathematics (1st ed.). AMF. p. 322. ISBN 978-1-329-00342-2.

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Monstre utilitariste French 効用モンスター Japanese Laimės monstras LT Monstro utilitário Portuguese

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