Rawls’ is refuting Carrit’s claim that Utilitarianism would allow the killing of an innocent in some situations “to prevent worse pain or bring about greater happiness”. Carrit’s example of one such situation is in a crime ridden society; if none of the criminals can be caught is would be beneficial to publicly frame an innocent for the crime and punish him grotesquely as a warning to all criminals.
Rawls’ first point against Carrit’s argument is that he not defined the institution vested with the power to make such a decision – punishing an innocent for greater good. Rawls infers that Carrit is talking about an institution called “telishment” which entrusts officials with the discretionary power to punish innocents. The obvious evil outcome of setting up an institution of this nature is that the officials in charge could abuse their power. There are no checks and balances in such an institution and the limit to which officials cannot exercise power is not......

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Title: Rawls Vs. Carrit
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