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Does utilitarianism questions individual rights? what if violating the civil rights of minority increases the sum total of pleasure of the majority?

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Utilitarianism does not consider it a right if it affects the majority. For instance, if you had an incurable, deadly, and highly contagious disease, do you have the right to live how you choose any more? Utilitarianism says that for the good of humanity, you get locked up, despite having done nothing wrong. A strict utilitarian would argue that if it hurts the whole, it is not a right.

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