Consequential Ethics Case Study
Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that means: an accomplishment is right as far as it can encourage and produce happiness and wrong if more likely to do the opposite. This theory is well known by the phrase “the greatest good for the greatest number of people”. This theory makes an individual go through an ethical bind: what do you do in order to produce the greatest amount of happiness? Yet, this principle is difficult to put into practice. An example of Utilitarianism is; we believe lying to be wrong and harmful in some way. But on the opposite point of view, stray lies keep yourself away from embarrassment but would not produce a great amount of happiness, and therefore not be allowable according to Utilitarianism. (Lesson - Ethical