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Originally Posted by PKFFW
Well it is my understanding, from what you and Patricia have said, that in utilitarian theory one must consider the consequences of the action to determine its wrongness or othewise.
Now how is one to determine the future? How is one to determine that the 35 people killed in Port Arthur were going to go on into the future and cause alot of suffering?
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That is only a practical difficulty. It does not change if an action is good or bad according to the theory. And remember I just gave an example of a moral theory that had certain conclusions. I did not say it was a theory that can be used in specific cases or that I believe it is correct. It is a theory that is common in the literature and have been debated much.