I approach utilitarianism more from a framework that, logically, I should be maximising the preference-satisfaction of others who exist or will exist, if I am doing the same for myself (which it is impossible not to do). So, in a sense, I don’t believe that preference-satisfaction is good in itself, meaning that there’s no obligation to make satisfied preferrers, just preferrers satisfied. I still assign some weight to the total view, though.
I approach utilitarianism more from a framework that, logically, I should be maximising the preference-satisfaction of others who exist or will exist, if I am doing the same for myself (which it is impossible not to do). So, in a sense, I don’t believe that preference-satisfaction is good in itself, meaning that there’s no obligation to make satisfied preferrers, just preferrers satisfied. I still assign some weight to the total view, though.