Jeremy Brett

In this day and age, everyone has their own opinion, especially when it comes to topics such as abortion. Abortion is something that is heavily debated in today’s society. It is more than just labeling someone who is a Democrat as being for abortion and someone who is a Republican as being against abortion. Most everyone has his or her own opinion for why he or she thinks abortion is moral or immoral. This paper is going to address how three important philosophers would view abortion. The three…

Bernard Williams, co-author of Utilitarianism: For and Against, presents a powerful and constant critique on utilitarian ideals, assumptions and arguments. He finds that the poor theory of action stated by utilitarianism, fails to interact with the real problems of moral and political philosophy at a crucial level that is needed. As well as, fails to make sense of notions such as integrity, or even human happiness itself. Considering what John Stuart Mill presented in his essay regarding…

This idea is equivalent to Jeremy Bentham 's theory of utilitarianism which states, that actions are right if they benefit the majority. In other words, it is the belief that individuals must do the most good for the greatest number of people. The single goal of utilitarianism is…

(Mill 2017,p11) attempts to reply to misconceptions about utilitarianism, and thereby delineate the theory. (Mill 2017, p12) observes that many people misunderstand utilitarianism by interpreting utility as in opposition to pleasure. In reality, a utility is defined as pleasure itself, and the absence of pain. Thus another name for utility is the Greatest Happiness Principle. This principle holds that "actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to…

Utilitarians believe that actions are morally right because they promote total happiness and wrong because they promote unhappiness. Here unhappiness is the opposite of happiness. Utilitarians are consequentialists, meaning that they believe what determines an action's morality is merely the outcome. They don't care why someone did something, only the results of their action. John Stuart Mill, a famous utilitarian philosopher, furthers the utilitarian argument by introducing the idea of higher…

Part I (A2): Bentham’s hedonistic utilitarianism was based solely on the aspect of pleasure and happiness and the purpose was to keep pleasure and avoid pain. The goal in life and throughout our decisions should be to bring about the greatest amount of happiness with minimal pain to those involved because with the utilitarianistic views, everyone is equal in the sense that one person’s happiness is no more significant than the next. While Bentham was the founder, Mill’s contributed to the views…

What is Utilitarianism? Utilitarianism is the idea that "moral action should be about producing happiness in the world, the more happiness it produces, the better it is" (Garcia, Slide 6). The idea of Utilitarianism can be broken down into two forms; One being Act Utilitarianism and the second being Rule Utilitarianism. Act Utilitarianism is when "an act is morally right just because it maximizes overall well-being, or at least is expected to" (Garcia, Slide 6), while Rule Utilitarianism is when…

Assignment #4 In “Converging Media,” Pavlik and McIntosh stated that “utilitarianism assumes that the most ethical action does the greatest good for the greatest number” (Pavlik & Mcintosh, 2017). Pavlik and McIntosh also noted that one of the principle ideas of utilitarianism is that an action that may hurt someone or something is “still right if it helps many more people” (Pavlik & McIntosh,2017). Utilitarian decisions are usually made when sacrifices or bold actions are…

Utilitarianism meaning is that is “Action are right to the degree that they tend to promote the greatest good for the greatest number.” (Mill) Basic understanding of the Ethical theory of Utilitarianism means that if acted accurately and get joy doing it; then it is the right way, but it must ensure happiness for all, not just one. “It asserts that an action is right if and only if it brings about at least as much net happiness as any other action the agent could have performed; otherwise the…

Bioethics Essay Utilitarian Theory reflects consequentialism which is “a label affixed to theories holding that actions are right or wrong to balance of their good and bad consequences” (354). The general meaning for utilitarian is, the greatest good for the greatest number. In other words, “The right act in any circumstance is the act that produces the best overall result as determined by the theory’s account of value” (354). What matters is that you are getting the most out of your action.…