“The creed which accepts as the foundations of morals, Utility, or the Greatest-Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain, and the privation of pleasure.” This quote, by John Stuart Mill, about Utilitarianism embodies my ethical decision making process in a way that Relativism, Deontology or any other ethical system cannot. It is for this reason that I have chosen Utilitarianism as the ethical and moral system I employ in my everyday life.
The root of success, the root of anything ‘good’ in this world is happiness, for without true happiness no amount of money or power or ‘success’, will …show more content…
For example, Relativism teaches that actions taken ‘on a whim’, or haphazardly, are fine as long as they can be justified. “The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.” This quote, by Leon Trotsky, written in his book, Their Morals and Ours, depicts relativistic ideals in that through relativism, the end results of actions taken may easily justify said actions as long as the person taking said actions benefit from the end result. In my opinion, this mindset is incorrect. An action or decision should not be taken without thorough thought first, through a utilitarian mindset, one learns to consider his or her own happiness within the decision making process so that they do not have to justify themselves, their actions, or the end result once their decision is
The root of success, the root of anything ‘good’ in this world is happiness, for without true happiness no amount of money or power or ‘success’, will …show more content…
For example, Relativism teaches that actions taken ‘on a whim’, or haphazardly, are fine as long as they can be justified. “The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.” This quote, by Leon Trotsky, written in his book, Their Morals and Ours, depicts relativistic ideals in that through relativism, the end results of actions taken may easily justify said actions as long as the person taking said actions benefit from the end result. In my opinion, this mindset is incorrect. An action or decision should not be taken without thorough thought first, through a utilitarian mindset, one learns to consider his or her own happiness within the decision making process so that they do not have to justify themselves, their actions, or the end result once their decision is