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Utilitarian Ethics

Utilitarian Ethics is a normative ethical framework within the domain of moral philosophy that evaluates the moral permissibility of actions based on their consequences, specifically by maximizing aggregate welfare or utility for the greatest number of individuals affected.

738

Publications

48.5K

Citations

1.1K

Authors

553

Institutions

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2017–2026

135

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Utilitarianism

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Publications

738

Cardinal Welfare, Individualistic Ethics, and Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility

John C. Harsanyi · Journal of Political Economy · 1955 · 2.9K citations

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The social dilemma of autonomous vehicles

Jean‐François Bonnefon, Azim Shariff, Iyad Rahwan · Science · 2016 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Cognitive load selectively interferes with utilitarian moral judgment

Joshua D. Greene, Sylvia A. Morelli, Kelly Lowenberg et al. · Cognition · 2008 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Utilitarianism: For and Against.

Anthony Ellis, J. J. C. Smart, B. R. Williams et al. · The Philosophical Quarterly · 1974 · 1.1K citations

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Moral tribes: emotion, reason, and the gap between us and them

Choice Reviews Online · 2014 · 998 citations

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Authors

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  1. RW
    Robert W. McGee

    Fayetteville State University, United States

    15 publications · 392 citations

    15

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  2. RC
    Roger Crisp

    St. John's College, United States

    7 publications · 313 citations

    7

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  3. JB
    Jonathan Baron

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    5 publications · 176 citations

    5

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  4. PC
    Paul Conway

    Florida State University, United States

    5 publications · 361 citations

    5

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  5. YY
    Yeomin Yoon

    Fayetteville State University, United States

    4 publications · 66 citations

    4

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Institutions

553

  1. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    13 h-index

    24 publications

    897 citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    23 publications

    2.6K citations

  3. Fayetteville State University

    Fayetteville, United States

    11 h-index

    11 publications

    224 citations

  4. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    368 citations

  5. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    200 citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    706 citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    2.6K citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    907 citations

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Venues

  1. Utilitas

    39 publications · 1.8K citations

    24

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 21 publications · 511 citations

    17

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  3. The Philosophical Review

    15 publications · 1.8K citations

    15

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  4. Canadian Journal of Philosophy

    CJP · 16 publications · 412 citations

    14

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  5. The Philosophical Quarterly

    14 publications · 2.5K citations

    14

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