Act Utilitarianism and Rule utilitarianism

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Act Utilitarianism and Rule utilitarianism

Similarities

  • Both theories aim to maximise utility
  • could be argued that both are the same theory except that rule utilitarianism has rules in place to follow in specific circumstances

Differences

  • rule utilitarianism consists of moral rule system whereas Act utilitarianism calculates the moral worth
  • act utilitarianism is quantity based, rule is quality based
  • Bentham uses the utility calculus to calculate moral worth
  • Act utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory that goes against human intuition
  • Mill provides a theory that values human rights within his moral law system
  • Mill states that secondary principles should be what th emaxims are based off of

Overall comparison

There are more fundamental differences between the two theories as overall rule utilitarianism takes a more traditional moral approach by using a ruling system for people to follow clearly and in Act utilitarianism any action can be completely justified so long as it follows with the principle of utility.

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So helpful Thankyou !!!

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