Chapter 9 of Wolf’s Introduction to Moral Philosophy.
For the first part of your exploration, you’re going to pick at least two of the objections/problems for Utilitarianism that Wolff brings to our attention. Then summarize.
You may pick from:
The problem of deathbed promises
The Agency Problem
Rule Utilitarianism Collapsing into Act Utilitarianism Problem
The “Government House Utilitarianism” Problem
The Contingency Problem
You may choose other problems that Wolff discusses so long as they don’t significantly overlap with issues you with issues that you summarized last week in your Exploration #2 paper.
IMPORTANT: Your exploration paper must be self-contained in the sense that you should not assume that your reader is familiar with Utilitarianism and hence any of these particular objections.
For the second part of your exploration, try to do your best to defend the Utilitarian from the objections you’ve just summarized.
