Abstract
Central to Hare's moral philosophy is his argument for utilitarianism. The latest and most authoritative version of the argument is in ch. 5-6 of his new book Moral Thinking (Oxford, 1981). Although the argument is supposed to be still that of Freedom and Reason 6.3 in essentials, Hare says, and I think no one will disagree, that the latest version is clearer (5.1). I will, at any rate, confine my attention to it. Hare's argument is formulated at the critical level of moral thinking, and relies on the logical properties of the moral concepts used at that level. Its premises are four:
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