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@NinjaLawyer, good parsing. I'm probably a utilitarian.
For instance, I read about some program where they gave homeless people with alcohol addictions free housing with no strings attached and the cost of the housing was LOWER than the cost of the same people on the infrastructure (as measured, in this case, on ER costs. The ER had been required to aid their alcohol related injuries, even though the state had to absorb the cost because they didn't have any money), AND some of the people were able to take advantage of optional counseling programs, beat the addiction, find steady jobs, and become taxpayers.
I thought that was Win-Win. The state saved money (and got new taxpayers on top of it!), after all. But some people were opposed to the program in general because of non-utilitarian reasons. Interesting how widely people vary in their opinions.
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