steven0461 comments on A (small) critique of total utilitarianism - Less Wrong
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It doesn't make sense to me to count maximization of total X as "utilitarianism" if X is pleasure or if X is preference satisfaction but not if X is some other measure of quality of life. It doesn't seem like that would cut reality at the joints. I don't necessarily hold the position I described, but I think most criticisms of it are misguided, and it's natural enough to deserve a short name.