This is because rule utilitarianism narrows its definition to govern a variety of actions as a whole and not a specific action individually . This is where the three forms of utilitarianism come to a dead end because the rule utilitarian will have to say that since the law forbids it, and the law protects the greater good, then torturing the innocent wife is wrong. In doing so, rule utilitarians argue that it is generally wrong to torture someone to extract information from someone else. So, based on the utilitarian side of the rules, it has to be an alternative path