Tag: Utility

Utilitarianism’s Lack of Utility: Part II

Nov 12, 2021

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Daniel Sutkowski

in Christianity, Ethics

John Rawls’s theory of ethics begins with an experiment he calls the veil of ignorance. The veil attempts to justify the principle “that free and rational persons concerned to further their own interests would accept in an initial position of equality as defining the fundamental terms of their association” (Rawls, 10) [1]. In this experiment,…
Abortion and the Utility Monster

Jan 11, 2019

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Z S

in Abortion, Ethics, March for Life, Philosophy

Morning Walk is hosting a trip to the annual March for Life at the National Mall on January 18. This is the first in a series of articles focusing on the issue of abortion. This article does not make a case against abortion per se. Rather, it counters a common argument in support of abortion.