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Comment author: buybuydandavis 01 April 2013 04:14:15AM -1 points [-]

Utilitarianism has these problems whether you look at thousands of years in the future or today. It's unlikely that any "utilitarian" reading this list today doesn't have resources they reserve for themselves or those close to them that wouldn't easily produce greater good for a greater number spent elsewhere.