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Reminds me of two lines I think about often. One, from the Talmud, runs loosely: “One who saves a single life saves the world entire”. & Dag Hammarskjoeld: “It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses”
. @wzeller42 comments that this refutes utilitarianism. I don't think that's quite right. But pondering the truth in these - really trying to understand them well - does pose some nice tests for utilitarianism.
Perhaps the rub is that it's not possible to be a good utilitarian without living up to DH's (etc) criterion. At which point you are no longer fully utilitarian.
There is a related point, which is that I will rarely trust data-driven studies by people who aren't intimately familiar with anecdote in an area. The latter seems to be an (often forgotten but) essential precondition for doing good data-driven work.
Reminds me of Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"
That's where I learnt of it - apparently it inspired LeGuin.
One of my favorite excerpts. I reread it often. Thanks for posting it.
Succinct refutation of pure utilitarianism.
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