Examples Of Utilitarianism In Little Red Riding Hood

I believe that the story of Little Red Riding Hood follows the virtue ethics because virtues involves who a person is becoming. Little Red’s mother tells her to stay on the path while delivering goods to her ill grandmother, but after not listening to her mother’s instructions, Little Red stumbles off the path and picks flowers for her grandmother. Virtue ethics involves, “what we do when no one is watching”. I believe that since Little Red was alone in the woods, she could have easily eaten the basket of goods or decided to go over her friend’s house for fun. Instead, she picked out flowers for her grandmother out of love and no one was there to tell her what to do. This choice was out of her pure obligation and proves how Little Red is a genuinely good person. In …show more content…
Morality is about producing good consequences, not having good intentions. At the beginning of the story, Jack and his widowed mother are in poverty and sold almost everything to buy food. When their last cow stopped giving milk, Jack’s mother sent him to town to sell the cow. After meeting a man who said the beans would bring food and fortune, Jack traded the cow for them. The principle of utility says “you should be motivated to act not just for the sake of your own pleasure, but for the sake of others too.” After climbing up the beanstalk and stealing gold, a hen that layed golden eggs, and a harp, he did this out of desperation for his family. he wanted to make life for him and his mother easier and care free. The principle of utility also says that the right choice is the one that results in the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people. The two people, Jack and his mother, would result in this greatest amount of happiness than the one giant, therefore, this is an act of