Consequentialism

Consequentialism because it is focused primarily on happiness would regard abortion as morally right or wrong depending on whether it bring happiness or pain to the Individuals involved. If the mother was going to go through severe pain and could possibly die…

This writing piece will define and discuss the statement, “More so than deontology, consequentialism appeals to modern intuitions about morality.” I shall explain why I believe this statement is not true basing my argument in two main postulates. To properly explain the meaning of this statement, there are four main concepts we need to clearly understand, namely, deontology, consequentialism, modern institutions, and morality. Deontology is defined by Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy as the…

Utilitarian Consequentialism basically surrounds itself based off the idea that an action can be evaluated in terms of pleasure and pain in causes. With Utilitarian it attempts to weigh out the options, in which they will arrive at a moral decision and the decision will be that will cause the least amount of pain possible but will have the happiest outcome in the end of it all. The utilitarian consequentialist viewpoint on human water is arguable to be valid because to be able to allow human…

Consequentialism is a theory suggesting that the morality of an action is judged solely by its consequences. This is what is defined as the greater good; a decision made that would lead to further progression and would positively impact the majority of a community, from which personal satisfaction is gained. It is argued that to achieve the greater good, one must do a little wrong. Wrong is etymologically a negative of right. For an act to be deemed as wrong, it has to physically or mentally…

An Objection to Act Consequentialism Act Consequentialism is the view that whether a certain act is morally right or wrong is determined only by its consequences. Different branches of consequentialism use different qualifiers to judge those consequences. Here, act consequentialism will be defined as judging the outcomes of an act based on whether or not they bring about the maximum good. It follows that the most morally right act is the one that brings about the most good. In this paper, I…

The trolley problem was an experiment that looked to explore the concept of human morality and a philosophical view of consequentialism. The general form of the problem went as follows: You have two options. The first option is to do nothing, which results in the trolley killing five people. The second option is to pull a lever diverting the trolley where it will kill one person. Over the years, there have been many variations for this thought experiment. One of the most popular variations has…

Consequentialism is the moral theory that only the consequences of actions are morally relevant. The action that has the best overall consequences would be considered the most morally right action. While ideas of what good or bad consequences are may be different, that doesn’t change the fundamental idea that the best consequences are the ones that come from the morally right action. Consequentialists must hold themselves to the exact same regard as other people, which disallows them to…

A lot of persons have rejected that pleasure has only positive value and no negative consequences. Some have defined it as preference satisfaction (Carmichael, 2012). Utilitarianism is a feature of consequentialism, which tells that the results of action are the only benchmark. The consequentialism can be differentiated with virtue ethics which holds virtue as a moral good. Utilitarianism proponents have been broken about whether individual acts should conform to utility. Whether utility should…

Consequentialism states that every action is related to rightness or wrongness, based on its consequences (Hope et al, 2008).For Ann, the referral from Alison was intended to provide further clarification. On the other hand, the positive diagnoses provided by Professor Lott and Dr Pound despite the difficulty encountered, resulted in Ann giving birth to a severely disabled child.ok Utilitarianism focuses on the majorities and that individuals should aim towards the greatest good over bad (Hope…

moral rules. Two very important examples of these moral systems are Consequentialism and Deontology. They are two different strategies which attempt to identify what morality is really about by outlining the different values of what makes a good and ethical person. Deontology determines morality based on laws which are followed with the intent of being a good person not to be overly concerned with consequences, whereas Consequentialism focusses more on the results, because the belief is that the…