22 . Let's see how a utilitarian dictator would arrange things for Adam , Eve , and Lilith One heroic assumption that utilitarians make is that you can actually compare happiness and misery across different people In reality , brain scans are making this easier to do but it's still a lot of guesswork . Let's suppose that this utilitarian dictator has eight apples to distribute : The table below shows the utility that each person receives from their first apple ( a lot ) but extra apples give less extra happiness ( apples give diminishing marginal utility , in economic jargon ) Utility per Apple Adam Eve Lilith Ist 1000 600 1 , 200 and 140 500 200 3rd IN 400 100 4 th 300 50 a . So if the dictator wants to maximize the sum of Adam , Eve , and Lilith's utility , how many apples does each person get