I hear bad things happen if you aren't a utility maximizer. Utilitarianism doesn't imply consquentialism, though; you can assign utility depending on whether (sentient?) decision processes choose virtuously and implement your favorite imperative. These ethical systems are consistent.
I find them quite appalling, however. What do you mean, saving four lives is less important than the virtue of not pushing people under trolleys?
I find them quite appalling, however. What do you mean, saving four lives is less important than the virtue of not pushing people under trolleys?
I find simplistic consequentialist views such as this one appalling, if anything because they combine supreme self-assuredness about important problems with ignorance and lack of insight about their vitally important aspects. (See my responses in the Consequentialism FAQ thread for more detail, especially the ones dealing specifically with trolley problems.)
Y'all know the rules: