Act Of Utilitarianism

In this scenario, it reads “Terrorists have a planted a small nuclear device in an apartment building in London, and it is set to go off in two hours. If it goes off, it will kill thousands of people and injure thousands more. It will destroy a large part of the city. The terrorist group that planted the bomb has been under surveillance by the police. The police suspect that a devastating terrorist attack has been planned; they have been monitoring telephone conversations and emails for months. They decide to bring in one of the terrorists for questioning. They know he has planned terrorist attacks in the past, and they have good evidence that a nuclear attack is going to happen in London and that he knows about it. The terrorist has been …show more content…
If a person has a bad action, it involves various bad consequences, on the other hand if there is a good action, it will bring in good consequences; for example: more happiness and pleasure. Similarly, ethical egoism has the same purpose as saving others in a good way and torturing the suspects. As an act of a utilitarian, the head of the British Domestic Security Agency and the police will investigate the scenario that implies in the ethical egoism. Police would torture the suspects by hitting them with a baton, saying lies to make the suspect open his mouth, and/ or going to their secret hidden place to find any recording note, audio, letters, weapons(guns, knives, nuclear/atomic bombs) about planting a nuclear device in a apartment building in London. As an act of a utilitarian, the person’s mind doesn’t really care about the consequences they will face but do matters the lives of their co-workers and people’s lives. The ultimate goal is to believe in a decision that a utilitarian is facing based on this scenario. The police know that is illegal to torture someone to tell the truth but they can’t help it because they want to follow their morals and duties. There will be two consequences if the head of the British Domestic Security Agency tortures the suspect (1) losing the confidence of many people because it can …show more content…
The rule of utilitarianism is more efficient because it increases the amount of happiness and pleasure while making good decisions. Also, it relates to a good result in applying for jobs, have good intentions toward others, and have a sense of logical mind to create good decisions. As a rule of utilitarianism, the chief of British Domestic Security Agency, will refrain from torturing the suspect because based on the rule of utilitarianism, the person has to decide on the best option that will bring the most happiness while abiding the rules. The chief has to obey the rules in a sincere way so that everybody can gain his love and appreciation . In making a right decision, he has to (1) find a way for the terrorists to leave the area and (2) to make sure everyone is safe and sound and remove them from the building. Both consequences leads to good actions because he is trying to avoid any circumstances between the terrorists and the lives of many human beings. Alongside, the police can keep their hands to themselves because that shows that they have morals to handle various behaviors. Police know what is right or wrong and can help other people by displaying different examples such as properly behaving with elders/parents with respect and caring for others. A rule of utilitarianism would think of an action that will bring the most