Is it Possible to Consider Rule Utilitarianism as a Utilitarian Alternative to the Utilitarianism of Act? Examination of this Question in the Light of Smart, Lyons, and Hare's Discussion.

Abstract

This article sets out the task of evaluating rule utilitarianism in different aspects, namely, insofar as it is capable of solving difficult cases without undesirable consequences and whether, even if it solves them, they could affect as a different solution to the utilitarianism of acts. In this way, answering the second question will allow evaluating the first, insofar as it seems that rule utilitarianism cannot properly distance itself from act utilitarianism for two reasons, firstly, because, from a certain perspective, the Rule utilitarianism is extensionally identical to the act and does not offer an alternative, or offers a non-utilitarian alternative.