The two different forms of utilitarianism that are described by Shaw and Barry are Act and Rule utilitarianism.
The act utilitarianism is the most basic from of utilitarianism. In this form our main goal is to maximize happiness for everyone concerned about therefore we judge every situation by asking ourselves question how consequences of specific act will affect the involved people. If the consequences of one act bring more happiness compare to other actions, then we consider that act as a correct one and proceed able. (Shaw, 2016, p.61 & p.77).
On the other hand, the rule utilitarianism is a classic and most straight-forward form of utilitarianism. In this form utilitarian standard applied to moral codes not individual actions. Our main …show more content…
For example, when someone have normal income he will only buy things that are necessary for him. On the other someone with extra income would buy things that are less needed. Thus, it will give him less enjoyment as compare to someone with normal income. In short "declining marginal utility of money" is happened when someone already purchased all necessities of life and spending his money on luxury items, it means he is buying items that will give him less enjoyment because those items are extra not essential. (Shaw, 2016, …show more content…
Which means you avoid the undesirable or tragic outcome in situations where you don’t know the chances of consequences. When you attempt to maximize the minimum then you will receive the greatest conceivable outcomes. For example, you need to visit a client but you are stuck in a traffic and you don’t know how long it will take for the traffic to get clear. If you choose to find alternative routes to reach your client and selected the fastest route this means you followed the maximum rule of decision making because you make the cautious alternative decision to have maximum benefits. (Shaw, 2016,
The act utilitarianism is the most basic from of utilitarianism. In this form our main goal is to maximize happiness for everyone concerned about therefore we judge every situation by asking ourselves question how consequences of specific act will affect the involved people. If the consequences of one act bring more happiness compare to other actions, then we consider that act as a correct one and proceed able. (Shaw, 2016, p.61 & p.77).
On the other hand, the rule utilitarianism is a classic and most straight-forward form of utilitarianism. In this form utilitarian standard applied to moral codes not individual actions. Our main …show more content…
For example, when someone have normal income he will only buy things that are necessary for him. On the other someone with extra income would buy things that are less needed. Thus, it will give him less enjoyment as compare to someone with normal income. In short "declining marginal utility of money" is happened when someone already purchased all necessities of life and spending his money on luxury items, it means he is buying items that will give him less enjoyment because those items are extra not essential. (Shaw, 2016, …show more content…
Which means you avoid the undesirable or tragic outcome in situations where you don’t know the chances of consequences. When you attempt to maximize the minimum then you will receive the greatest conceivable outcomes. For example, you need to visit a client but you are stuck in a traffic and you don’t know how long it will take for the traffic to get clear. If you choose to find alternative routes to reach your client and selected the fastest route this means you followed the maximum rule of decision making because you make the cautious alternative decision to have maximum benefits. (Shaw, 2016,