Classical utilitarianism is distinctive because it accepts two additional elements: first, hedonism as a theory of well-being second, the total view of population ethics. Utilitarian theories share four elements: consequentialism, welfarism, impartiality, and aggregationism. Maximizing, Satisficing and Scalar UtilitarianismĪs explained in Chapter 1: Introduction to Utilitarianism, the core idea of utilitarianism is that we should want to improve the well-being of everyone by as much as possible.Global Utilitarianism and Hybrid Utilitarianism.The Difference Between Multi-Level Utilitarianism and Rule Utilitarianism.Multi-level Utilitarianism Versus Single-level Utilitarianism.Expectational Utilitarianism Versus Objective Utilitarianism.Reconstructing Rightness: Maximizing, Satisficing, and Scalar Utilitarianism.Further Distinctions Among Utilitarian Theories.The Two Elements of Classical Utilitarianism.