Rule utilitarians “judge the morality of individual actions by reference to general moral rules and… judge particular moral rules by seeing whether their acceptance into [their] moral code would produce more well-being than other possible rules [5].” An action is morally right if it follows a rule that will provide the most happiness compared to other rules. Since the result of lying and cheating are usually negative and prevent maximum happiness, rule utilitarians might include rules against lying and cheating in their moral code. In this case, Liang has clearly broken those rules, as talked about before. He knowingly misled and tricked consumers and the government into thinking that Volkswagen cars met the emissions standards and regulation. Doing so and breaking the rules prevented the greater good from having the maximum happiness and utility
Rule utilitarians “judge the morality of individual actions by reference to general moral rules and… judge particular moral rules by seeing whether their acceptance into [their] moral code would produce more well-being than other possible rules [5].” An action is morally right if it follows a rule that will provide the most happiness compared to other rules. Since the result of lying and cheating are usually negative and prevent maximum happiness, rule utilitarians might include rules against lying and cheating in their moral code. In this case, Liang has clearly broken those rules, as talked about before. He knowingly misled and tricked consumers and the government into thinking that Volkswagen cars met the emissions standards and regulation. Doing so and breaking the rules prevented the greater good from having the maximum happiness and utility