Could there be a negative utility monster?
  • Albero
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    One of the main criticisms to hedonistic utilitarianism is the utility monster thought experiment. However, could it be possible to reframe the experiment in a way that also criticizes negative utilitarianism?
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  • Pfhorrest
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    Simple, just suppose there was some super-sensitive “monster” who needs inordinate amounts of care and gentle handling or else it easily suffers immense pain.
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  • Down The Rabbit Hole
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    ↪Albero
    ↪Pfhorrest
    I think the best negative utilitarian utility monster would be a monster that suffers greater than any other being, but they would get much less utility from each unit of a resource than anyone else. I would still say the criticism fails.
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  • Rxspence
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    Colin
    The energy vampire
    What we do in the shadows
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