A Potential Answer For Every Situation (Draft) Critics against the utilitarianism are arguing that applying the principle of utilitarianism to the situation requires too much time, some outcomes by applying it are morally arguable, it urges violating of personal integrity, it allows being injustice to someone, and it’s no publicity that is very much disputing the moral principles. Louis P. Pojman, in the paper “Strengths And Weaknesses Of Utilitarianism,” clarifies the fundamental classification of utilitarianisms, and supports the responses for the objections of the critics through by showing two positive features of the utilitarianism. The first feature is that it has a potential answer for every situation, just need to simply apply it.
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Still, both groups yield the same amount of utility. According to the principle of utilitarian, the two acts are of equal value (Pojman, p. 129). This decision lessens the intrinsic value of the truth. The response towards to this objection is when the lying will truly promote the well being not undermining the general adherence to the rule, we simply ought to lie (Pojman, p.129). It means in order to lessen the worry, pain or suffering of people we need to tell white lies. For example, my parents are living 8000 miles away from USA. Most of the time they are worrying about me, and always ask me how I am doing in living here. I always tell them that I am doing very much good even when I am encountering bad conditions. I don’t want them to get worry, so doing this will promote happiness for my parents and me as well. So, utilitarianism gives the potential answer for every …show more content…
The simple answer toward that argument is that justice is not an absolute. The terrorist’s daughter example that Pojman provides in the paper explains why the utilitarian are regarding justice is not an absolute value. This example highlights the fact that the principles of right do not promote the utility for all the situations. The last argument raised by opposition critics is the view of utilitarianism isn’t openly public. For this argument, Pojman suggests that utilitarians have two responses (Pojman, p 133). If the critics counter act utilitarianism, be rule utilitarianism. This has the capacity for greater publicity. Even the act utilitarianism has a chance of responding the objection that is publicity is only a rule of thumb. If there is a good reason to maximize the well being, we are allowed not to publicizing. Therefore, the two positive features of utilitarian is a very simple principle that has a potential answer for every situation. What the agent has to do is learning the
Still, both groups yield the same amount of utility. According to the principle of utilitarian, the two acts are of equal value (Pojman, p. 129). This decision lessens the intrinsic value of the truth. The response towards to this objection is when the lying will truly promote the well being not undermining the general adherence to the rule, we simply ought to lie (Pojman, p.129). It means in order to lessen the worry, pain or suffering of people we need to tell white lies. For example, my parents are living 8000 miles away from USA. Most of the time they are worrying about me, and always ask me how I am doing in living here. I always tell them that I am doing very much good even when I am encountering bad conditions. I don’t want them to get worry, so doing this will promote happiness for my parents and me as well. So, utilitarianism gives the potential answer for every …show more content…
The simple answer toward that argument is that justice is not an absolute. The terrorist’s daughter example that Pojman provides in the paper explains why the utilitarian are regarding justice is not an absolute value. This example highlights the fact that the principles of right do not promote the utility for all the situations. The last argument raised by opposition critics is the view of utilitarianism isn’t openly public. For this argument, Pojman suggests that utilitarians have two responses (Pojman, p 133). If the critics counter act utilitarianism, be rule utilitarianism. This has the capacity for greater publicity. Even the act utilitarianism has a chance of responding the objection that is publicity is only a rule of thumb. If there is a good reason to maximize the well being, we are allowed not to publicizing. Therefore, the two positive features of utilitarian is a very simple principle that has a potential answer for every situation. What the agent has to do is learning the