Demandingness in Ethics
A common objection to utilitarianism is that it is too demanding: it requires us to sacrifice too much. This video outlines the demandingness objection and considers some responses.
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0:00 - Utilitarianism
5:31 - Demandingness
8:56 - What's wrong with demandingness?
16:01 - Utilitarianism is not demanding
22:22 - Wrong vs blameworthy
26:58 - The demands of ordinary morality
34:00 - Which costs count?