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Old 04-19-2009, 08:29 AM   #825
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Thirdly, most later versions of utilitarianism also value individual autonomy which, of course, is is permanently violated by murder. (I am thinking of the theories of R M Hare, Peter Singer and Jonathan Glover).
Are you thinking about Hare's Moral Thinking or some other work? I suppose you try to maximize individual autonomy in some way or mix it in in the utility function. But that should not lead to that murder is always wrong by definition.
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