Please read the case study entitled Lottery that can find online.

Based on what you have learned in this unit, answer the following questions:

How is the lottery an example of the utilitarian monster?

How can you set yourself up to argue in favor of or against the ethical existence of the lottery in terms of monetized utilitarianism?

Lotteries are about money and about funthat is, even for the losers, theres a benefit in the thrill of watching the numbers turn up. Could the case be made that, from a hedonistic utilitarian standpoint, the lottery is ethically recommendable because it serves the welfare not only of the winner but also of the millions of losers?

One of Lindsay Beyersteins concerns is that the lottery tends to redistribute money from the poor toward the rich. Does a utilitarian necessarily consider this redistribution unethical?