Therefore, persons wishing to act in an ethically sound manner should strive to bring about the greatest possible amount of happiness for the greatest possible number of people. Similarly, people incapable of making choices that produce happiness should instead strive to create the least amount of unhappiness. Utilitarianism is focused on the outcome of a person’s actions. That is, it is a theory that concerns itself with consequences of an actor’s choice in a given situation rather than the actions in
Therefore, persons wishing to act in an ethically sound manner should strive to bring about the greatest possible amount of happiness for the greatest possible number of people. Similarly, people incapable of making choices that produce happiness should instead strive to create the least amount of unhappiness. Utilitarianism is focused on the outcome of a person’s actions. That is, it is a theory that concerns itself with consequences of an actor’s choice in a given situation rather than the actions in