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I am mildly consequentialist, but not a utilitarian (and not in the closet about it, unlike many pretend-utilitarians here), precisely because any utilitarianism runs into a repugnant conclusion of one form or another. That said, it seems that the utility-monster type RC is addressed by negative utilitarians, who emphasize reduction in suffering over maximizing pleasure.
Isn't there an equivalent negative utility monster, who is really in a ferociously large amount of pain right now?
Killing it reduces the overall suffering, since its quality of life is well below the "barely worth living" level, with no hope of improvement.
What if it can't be easily killed?
That doesn't work for preference utilitarians (it would strongly prefer to remain alive).