Utilitarianism In Brazil

As with any developed country, government exists in Brazil to establish and enforce policy and to protect its citizens. However, a governments original purpose can become distorted in certain societies due to a competing worldview. With this is mind, we will examine the purpose for Brazil’s government and if their current worldview has manipulated this purpose. Brazil’s government is a Democratic Federative Republic with a Presidential system. The government itself is defined by the Federal Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land and the legal authority for the existence of Brazil and its government. It defines the framework of the government and the government’s relation to the people of Brazil. The Federal Constitution gives …show more content…
What is right and wrong? Theism would contend that “ethics is transcendent and is based on the character of God as good (holy and loving).” If God is truly prime reality, then he would mandate a moral universe if in fact, morality is an aspect of the nature of God. Simply because people differ in their moral judgments does not negate the fact that some sort of morality from someone’s point of view is either being obeyed or disobeyed. Theism would teach that since God has created a moral universe, there is a universal standard for how morality is judged—God himself. Jesus came to earth and displayed true morality in its purest form: love. Romans 5:8 says that “God demonstrated his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” God is the ultimate authority on morality. By setting mandates for how Brazil would become a democratic state, inherently they were implying that actions suppressing this pursuit were wrong. They are legislating a certain standard of morality and creating branches of government to create, execute, and judge those laws. Ultimately, they are stating that morality is not relative and are creating a system where it can thrive. However, the question has to be answered if the Brazilian government continues to adhere to this Theistic worldview. It is a difficult situation to judge since a government itself is made up of hundreds and thousands of people all with their own individual thought processes. Nevertheless, amid the increasing number of corruption scandals taking place in its government, it would appear that Brazil is approaching a more secular form of government that seeks to serve those in power as opposed to the citizens