Act utilitarianism avoids this bifurcation by maintaining a single evaluative standard: the act that produces the most utility is both obligatory and the proper object of approval.
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A proposition p is obligatory if and only if p holds in all i-acceptable worlds
utility(Mill's qualification distinguishing his conception of utility from narrower hedonistic or preference-based interpretations.)
Utility in the largest sense, grounded on the permanent interests of man as a progressive being — not mere immediate pleasure or preference satisfaction.