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Comment author: hyporational 10 February 2014 06:55:38AM *  3 points [-]

it doesn't really work mathematically, if anyone wants me to explain further, I'll write a post on it.

Please do. I think it also would be valuable to refresh people's memories of the difference between utilitarianism and consequentialism, and to show many moral philosophies can fall under the latter.