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Comment author: drethelin 26 January 2012 06:34:01PM 2 points [-]

this is stupid. Utilitarianism does not decide what you value, only what you should do once you know your values. If you don't care about the absolute total amount of utility, there's no reason to maximize reproduction.

Comment author: DanielLC 27 January 2012 03:52:38AM 3 points [-]

Technically it limits it. If you allow any value system, you get Consequentialism.

I don't know what the limits are, but apparently ethical egoism and ethical altruism don't count.

Comment author: Jack 27 January 2012 04:17:56PM *  2 points [-]

If you don't care about the absolute total amount of utility then you are not a total utilitarian.

(Which is fine, and I'd agree with you but if you really mean average utilitarianism or some kind of Millsian or Rawlsian variation you should specify since people here usually mean total when they use the word.)

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