Russ Shafer-Landau Is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

question 5

True/False

Russ Shafer-Landau is professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of several books including The Fundamentals of Ethics, fourth edition (2017) and The Ethical Life, fourth edition (2017). He is also the editor of Oxford Studies in Metaethics. In this reading he reviews some common criticisms of utilitarianism and argues that although some of them are less than decisive, others pose serious problems for the theory. Utilitarianism's most crippling shortcomings are its insistence that there is no intrinsic wrongness (or rightness) and its requirement that we must maximize well-being even if justice is thwarted.
-Some utilitarians deny that their theory ever requires us to commit injustice.

---

Definitions:

Delusional Disorder

A psychiatric condition characterized by the presence of non-bizarre delusions—firm yet unfounded beliefs—without other psychotic symptoms.

False Believes

Incorrect convictions or interpretations of reality, often held despite evidence to the contrary.

Conspiring

Planning secretly with one or more people to do something illegal or harmful.

Elderly People

Individuals, often defined as being 65 years of age or older, who may experience various health and social challenges related to aging.