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'Utilitarianism is the best approach to environmental issues.' Discuss There are two main types of utilitarian; rule and act. Rule utilitarian's roughly follow a general rule which incorporates their utilitarian principles. This enables them to establish social order and justice which if followed universally would lead to the greatest happiness for the greatest number. However, act utilitarian's focus on the consequences of an action to determine whether it is good or not. They believe in the greatest pleasure for the greatest number. They often use the 'hedonic calculus' to measure the amount of pleasure against the amount of pain to determine whether an action is good or bad. With regard to the issue of pollution and carbon emissions rule utilitarian's would apply the 'greatest happiness for the greatest number' principle which can be interpreted to mean that pollution isn't necessarily a bad thing because it allows businesses, economies and developing countries to expand...

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