Friday night philosophy: Consequentialists/Utilitarians of Neogaf, riddle me this....

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DanteFox

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If someone drugs and rapes an unconscious victim, and the victim never remembers or even realizes it later on, isn't that not only morally neutral, but morally good under your moral framework since it raised the overall "happiness" by satisfying the rapist?

Defend your view.
 
If someone drugs and rapes an unconscious victim, and the victim never remembers or even realizes it later on, isn't that not only morally neutral, but morally good under your moral framework since it raised the overall "happiness" by satisfying the rapist?

Defend your view.

What are the knock-on effects in terms of the moral erosion and subsequent self-centered behaviors of the rapist? Or of others who witness or learn about the act?
 
I just want to let you know, that view of consequentialist morality is as simplistic as the question of "why we still got monkeys" with regards to evolution.
 
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