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    Utilitarianism is the correct moral theory. — Carmelics
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    Utilitarianism is the correct moral theory.

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    • 1.The moral point of view is impartial.
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    If this is the right way to understand Mill’s proof, then his justification of utilitarianism consists in assuming that the moral point of view is impartial and claiming that utilitarianism is the right way to understand impartiality. Morality is impartial, and impartiality requires taking everyone’s interests into account—and not just those of some select few—and weighing them equally—and not with a thumb in the scales for some select few. Indeed, later, in Chapter V, Mill identifies impartiali
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