Christian hedonism

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…

Utilitarianism seems to be most consistent with my own personal moral framework and perspective. One would think this particular theory would be one most medical professionals could relate too, especially nurses. Nurses being that we are always or should always be thriving to do the greatest good, the largest number of people within a community (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2014). The theory dates back to the early 19th century, and was founded by an English philosopher and social…

In act utilitarianism, you must perform acts that will create the highest overall amount of utility. Furthermore, in rule utilitarianism, one must follow the rules that will produce the greatest overall amount of utility. The position, called act utilitarianism is the first and most common version of utilitarianism and says that we should look at the consequences of each individual action when attempting to determine its moral worth. In contrast, rule utilitarianism lies in the fact that…

The elemental idea of Utilitarianism is that actions are morally right only if and because they produce the greatest good. The greatest good in this case pertains to taking in all the effects of the action, be they long or immediate, and taking in to account everyone that will be affected. The net effect of the action is then formulated by subtracting the sum of bad effects from the good. Furthermore, Utilitarianism is a doctrine that all actions should be judged in terms of their utility in…

Utilitarianism is a moral theory in which a “good action” takes into account the greatest overall happiness for the greatest number of people. The most essential feature of utilitarianism is that it is “a goal-oriented moral theory because it places all of its emphasis on the actual consequences of moral rules and principles, and insists that they be justified only by appeal to how happy they make us”. To further explain, utilitarianism justifies the actions and decisions made by focusing on the…

Utilitarianism and the Ethics of Care are differ greatly in their origins which dramatically affected how the systems deal with moral problems facing society; this is especially true with the Ethics of Care as it is considerably more “modern” when compared to the more traditional system of Utilitarianism. This traditional and duty driven system of producing the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people versus the compassion and empathy fueled understanding is the center of how ethics…

Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that treats all interests as equal and is based of the “Greatest happiness principle.” The greatest happiness principle basically says if everyone thinks it’s for the best and satisfies the most people, it has to be the right option. It aims for “the greatest good for the greatest number.” Founded by Jeremy Bentham, it targets the most happiness in everyone, which sounds like a pretty good option when you first look at it. Utilitarianism is a form of…

To me, the obvious choice is that of the musical composer, Hayden. I would choose Hayden’s life over the oyster’s life because I agree with Mill’s theory of qualitative hedonism. I believe that not all pleasurable things in life should be viewed and measured the same. One of the great things about human life is that we are able to experience higher pleasures such as reading great works of literature, playing/listening to…

The yellow book became as a guidance of hedonism for Dorian Gray. It represented the profound and damaging influence that pleasure can have on the essence of an individual and serves as a warning to those who cease to surrender themselves to pleasures: “Dorian Gray had been poisoned by a book.…

The ideology of hedonism implies that the only true intrinsic value that exists for man is the mental state of pleasure. Everything else can only contain extrinsic value which can influence our intrinsic value. For example, eating an ice cream cone has an extrinsic value…