著者

加藤 佐和

出版者

熊本大学

雑誌

先端倫理研究 (ISSN:18807879)

巻号頁・発行日

no.2, pp.106-118, 2007-03

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R.M. Hare takes the position of total utilitarianism. Total utilitarianism that aims at maximizing of the total utility, would lead to a counter-intuitive conclusion. If we take the total utilitarianistic position, we have a duty of `beget and multiply.' This paper will discuss briefly a general view of Hare's theory and how he tries to solve this problem. His theory of total utilitarianism is able to take into account the utility of possible people. In doing so, Hare considers these possible people's potential to be a grown person as morally relevant. This paper considers the concept of this potential and how Hare considers the utility of possible people.