A rule utilitarian would probably be interested in thinking along the following lines: a specific action is morally justified if it conforms to a justified moral rule; and a moral rule is justified if its inclusion in our moral code would be more useful than other possible rules. We should therefore judge the morality of individual actions by reference to general moral rules, and we should judge particular moral rules by seeing whether their acceptance into our moral code would produce more well-being than other possible rules. The main difference between act and rule utilitarianism is that act utilitarians calculate every action to achieve a beneficial outcome for ourselves, while rule utilitarianism is based on a rule favoring outcomes beneficial. Once the rule is established, you must follow