Jeffrey Kaplan | The Famous 'Sheriff' Counterexample to Utilitarianism @profjeffreykaplan | Uploaded January 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
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This is a lecture about a counterexample to the moral theory, Utilitarianism. A counterexample is a single example that shows a general claim to be false. This particular counterexample involves a sheriff who must decide whether or not to frame an innocent person in order to prevent a deadly riot. It originally comes from H.J. McClosky.