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The Demandingness Objection
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The demandingness objection: impartial maximizing makes nearly everything a duty—every dollar kept, every evening off, weighs against greater good undone.
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While you watched a film, your ticket money could have fed someone. Utilitarian arithmetic never stops running.
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Defenders answer variously—demanding is not the same as false. Perhaps morality is harder than we hoped.
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- Nothing yet depends on this.