The Voting Paradox causes a problem for Act Utilitarianism because…

Question Answered step-by-step The Voting Paradox causes a problem for Act Utilitarianism because… The Voting Paradox causes a problem for Act Utilitarianism because the probability that one vote will decide an election, especially on the national or state level, is virtually zero.  For the Act Utilitarian, it appears that doing an activity other than voting will produce more positive consequences than casting a vote which will have practically no chance of deciding an election.  To overcome the problem of the Voting Paradox problem for Act Utilitarianism, there must be other ways (other than deciding an election) that casting a vote will yield positive consequences.  What is one way (besides deciding the election) that voting can yield positive consequences?Explain a way that voting could be considered to have positive consequences other than deciding an election. The reason cannot be that the candidate you support will do great things, because that assumes that you are deciding the election and putting your candidate into office – rather, your candidate would have won without your vote or would have lost even with your vote. Your vote makes no difference as far as deciding this one election, so there must be some other way it yields positive consequences in order for an Act Utilitarian to decide that voting is the right action.            Arts & Humanities Philosophy PHIL 1301 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)