Myrick believes that his experiments are morally praiseworthy due to the vast benefits that the world will attain if he is able to cure paralysis. With Bentham’s proposal of the Felicific Calculus, a numerical value is placed on every human being and the correct action can be determined though calculating the “net” happiness for the most amount of people. The justification of Dr. Myrick’s experiments are quite clear in the mind of the Utilitarian, due to the rational comparison that is taken into account. The lives of ten vagabonds, who have “no family and no future” versus the lives of the rest and future populations of the world who will no longer endure paralysis if Dr. Myrick succeeds his experiments. Through the thought process of a Utilitarian, the definition of happiness is the maximum experience of pleasure and the minimization of pain; therefore, Dr. Myrick justifies his experiments by stating that “they are not victims, but heroes” due to the greater overall cause their lives serve rather than wandering around the world homeless. The parts of moral act for a Christian define if the action is morally praiseworthy or if it is unethical and evil. The first part of the moral act is ‘The Object’, which is the action
Myrick believes that his experiments are morally praiseworthy due to the vast benefits that the world will attain if he is able to cure paralysis. With Bentham’s proposal of the Felicific Calculus, a numerical value is placed on every human being and the correct action can be determined though calculating the “net” happiness for the most amount of people. The justification of Dr. Myrick’s experiments are quite clear in the mind of the Utilitarian, due to the rational comparison that is taken into account. The lives of ten vagabonds, who have “no family and no future” versus the lives of the rest and future populations of the world who will no longer endure paralysis if Dr. Myrick succeeds his experiments. Through the thought process of a Utilitarian, the definition of happiness is the maximum experience of pleasure and the minimization of pain; therefore, Dr. Myrick justifies his experiments by stating that “they are not victims, but heroes” due to the greater overall cause their lives serve rather than wandering around the world homeless. The parts of moral act for a Christian define if the action is morally praiseworthy or if it is unethical and evil. The first part of the moral act is ‘The Object’, which is the action