The Integrity Objection to Utilitarianism

What it is, why it's only so-so

1. Introduction

Classical Utilitarianism (which I’ll call “utilitarianism”, because brevity = longevity, and I like a good abreve), says that what each of us has most reason to do, morally, is act in ways that produce the largest amount of happiness, and the least amount of pain, and that we should do so no matter what. So, utilitarians are of the view t…