I object that there is any real difference between the two. Classic utilitarianism is “count up all the good, subtract all the bad.” That’s exactly how I would describe decision-theoretic utilitarianism. Now the original proponents of utilitarianism also didn’t give much negative weight to rights violations, but that’s a complaint against their utility function, not utilitarianism per se.
But regardless, I think you did identify and elucidate better than I did the core disagreement here. I hope it’s resolved for TAG.
I object that there is any real difference between the two. Classic utilitarianism is “count up all the good, subtract all the bad.” That’s exactly how I would describe decision-theoretic utilitarianism. Now the original proponents of utilitarianism also didn’t give much negative weight to rights violations, but that’s a complaint against their utility function, not utilitarianism per se.
But regardless, I think you did identify and elucidate better than I did the core disagreement here. I hope it’s resolved for TAG.