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Ethics

the view that the right act in each case is the one whose consequences produce the most total good, judged act by act rather than by rules.

In ethics, act utilitarianism refers to the view that the right act in each case is the one whose consequences produce the most total good, judged act by act rather than by rules. This meaning comes from Smart (1956) in The Philosophical Quarterly.[1]

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Smart, J. J. C. (1956). Extreme and Restricted Utilitarianism. The Philosophical Quarterly, 6(25), 344. https://doi.org/10.2307/2216786

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