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Yup, that's definitely the point, although I strongly disagree with the claim that even classical utilitarianism leads to this conclusion, let alone other versions of utilitarianism.
Edit: Please don't downvote a comment just because you disagree with it. I've explained my opinion in more detail below.
Comment by Privat3pyl3 at 14/01/2020 at 16:31 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Isn’t the point of a downvote to show disagreement? Just because you’ve presented your opinion in an unobnoxious way doesn’t mean that someone can’t show disagreement through downvoting.
Comment by DarkMarxSoul at 14/01/2020 at 11:37 UTC
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Can you explain why? I always understood classical utilitarianism to be a relatively simple calculus. If you have either 5 million people with happiness level 10 or 50 billion people with happiness level 0.1, but no one with happiness level 0, the 50 billion people wins out.