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39 Post author: philh 05 January 2014 12:41AM

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Comment author: roystgnr 05 January 2014 04:17:45PM 7 points [-]

Utilitarians are still allowed, even encouraged, to notice that "for me to do X increases utility" and "for me to force others to do X increases utility" are not identical propositions.

(although I'd agree that lots of muddled utilitarianish philosophies ignore this distinction and/or assume that others are ignoring it as well)