Act-utilitarianism: account of right-making characteristics or decision-making procedure?

Abstract

Some critics argue that act-Utilitarianism is unacceptable as an ethical theory because of practical difficulties involved in, Or paradoxes arising out of, Attempts to apply act-Utilitarian theory to concrete moral situations. The thesis of this paper is that such arguments are unsuccessful because they fail to maintain a sharp enough distinction between (a) accounts of right-Making characteristics and (b) decision-Making procedures.