Maintain your own "utility machine." You need rest, joy, and personal connections to remain an effective agent for good. If being 90% altruistic allows you to stay helpful for 40 years, that is better than being 100% altruistic for three weeks and then quitting in exhaustion. Summary Checklist
Strict utilitarianism (Act Utilitarianism) can lead to scary places—like stealing a healthy person's organs to save five sick people. To avoid being a moral monster, follow . utilitarian's manual
"The greatest good for the greatest number" is not merely a slogan—it is a rigorous demand to consider impartially the interests of all sentient beings, to count each as one and none as more than one. Maintain your own "utility machine
Net Utility = (Sum of pleasures) - (Sum of pains) To avoid being a moral monster, follow