Getting back to the original question, if I could give three or four people a very fun weekend, I'd punch someone. If I could give one person an extremely fun weekend, I'd punch someone. I'd punch them pretty hard. I'd leave a bruise, and make them sore the next day.
I don't know about you, but if I didn't have at least one bruise and feel sore after a weekend of extreme fun then I'd start to think I was doing it wrong. ;)
Lol. I'm inclined to agree with you there. However, considering that I'm writing this while I lay in bed with my foot propped up, having shattered a few bones during my last "weekend of extreme fun", I'm beginning to reevaluate my priorities. ;)
Most of the usual thought experiments that justify expected utilitarialism trade off fun for fun, or suffering for suffering. Here's a situation which mixes the two. You are offered to press a button that will select a random person (not you) and torture them for a month. In return the machine will make N people who are not suffering right now have X fun each. The fun will be of the positive variety, not saving any creatures from pain.
1) How large would X and N have to be for you to accept the offer?
2) If you say X or N must be very large, does this prove that you measure torture and fun using in effect different scales, and therefore are a deontologist rather than a utilitarian?