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I appreciate the production quality and clarity of your document. As you indicate in the teacher's supplement, the game could be used or adapted to explore a number of different ethical theories in addition to Mill's utilitarianism. Divine command theory in particular comes to my mind, considering Plato's Euthyphro and Kierkegaard's discussion of the binding of Isaac in Fear and Trembling.

Do you think the consequentialists' arguments may change or even challenge each other depending on their particular readings of Mill and/or consequentialism in general? I wonder what the responses to various calamities would look like with one "rule consequentialist" and one "act consequentialist," for example.

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Thanks! I think your connection to divine command theory is particularly fun. Brings a whole new meaning to the problem of evil. Interesting point about different understandings of consequentialism; I don't introduce my students to those distinctions in much depth, since I use the game in a very general intro class, not a class devoted to ethics in particular, but if I did, it would be a great follow-up activity to make them reflect on how adhering to one reading or the other might change their conduct in the game.