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Is Utilitarianism Useful?

To the extent that we see ourselves as moral creatures—whose lives are bounded by an ideal of freedom—utilitarianism presents itself as a version of nihilism.
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Is Utilitarianism Useful?
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Roger Kimball
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On a trip to London a few years ago, I had dinner at the Garrick Club with an eminent political philosopher and his wife.

Roger Kimball
Roger Kimball
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Roger Kimball is the editor and publisher of The New Criterion and publisher of Encounter Books. His most recent book is “Where Next? Western Civilization at the Crossroads.”