Act utilitarianism would not take into account any devious moral judgements on animal experimentation
they would use the principle of harm to decide whether the particular case of animal experimentation would, or would not create the biggest gap between pleasure and pain
they would also use the hedonic calculus to measure the morality
rule utilitarianism
rule utilitarianism would generate deontological rules to follow on animal experimentation
it can be seen that medical reasearch on animals does create more pleasure than pain
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The use of nuclear weapons as a deterrent
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The use of nuclear weapons as a deterrent
Act utilitarianism
they woul judge each situation differently
they would use the principle of harm and hedonic calculus to measure the pleasure and pain
rule utilitarianism
they would instead consider th rules that society could follow that would bring the maximum gap between pleasure and pain
they may have the rule that the buse o nuclear weapons as a detterent does create more pleasure than pain
but it does generate more pain as it threatens the existence of humanity
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