On the Coherence of Act-Utilitarianism

Analysis 33 (3):98 - 102 (1973)
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The article is a reply to professor castaneda's criticism of a recursive formulation of act-utilitarianism which i have suggested in an earlier paper (analysis 29.2) and which was intended to satisfy the deontic principle that 'ought' is distributable over conjunctions. i argue that castaneda's arguments against my formulation are inconclusive

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10.1093/analys/33.3.98

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Lars Bergström
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