Paradox of hedonism

Utilitarianism is an influential moral theory that whether the actions of a person or government are right or wrong will depend on the effect of the action for the results it produces. There are act utilitarians, which take the actions, laws or policies of individual actions into consideration whereas rule utilitarian concentrate on the outcome of types of actions, such as stealing or taking a life. Utilitarians are of the belief system that the purpose of ethics and morality is to increase…

Tom’s hedonism. His revealing and also his total demeanor during the novel prove Tom’s hedonistic lifestyle to be basically: I don’t care about you, only myself and if you get in my way I will ruin you. Moreover, because of this attitude, he also evidently causes Gatsby’s death and in the end doesn’t care and thinks he got his just deserts. In fact, all of the most important characters within the novel have their lives and the reasons behind their personalities explained well regarding hedonism…

In this essay I will be talking about the Utilitarian and Libertarian on the taxation issue I will do that by giving both definitions of Utilitarian and Libertarian, and give their views on taxation then argue against the one I believe that it not just then argue in support of the one I believe it’s just. Utilitarianism is a belief that the right course of action is the one that will produce the greatest happiness of the greatest number of people, it could be said that it’s to maximise the…

The Case Against Utilitarianism In John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism, he explains that the amount of pleasure and pain is what dictates the morality of actions. An action is justified if it brings more overall pleasure than pain to people. While it is generally agreed upon that pleasure is good and pain is bad, I believe that these qualities by itself cannot determine morality. Utilitarianism is not the right ethical theory to follow because utility is not inherently measurable and pleasure and…

Hello everyone! This is a utilitarian argument because the argument towards Ashley’s treatment was based on trying to prevent the most amount of discomfort (pain), and maximizing her lifetime happiness and comfort (pleasure). This is the hedonistic way of the utilitarian belief. They employed questions from the hedonistic calculus. For example, how bad the levels of discomfort will get (intensity), how long Ashley would have to live with such discomfort (duration), how it would affect the family…

Jeffrey San 1301 Philosophy 10/14/15 9:05 Epicurus Epicurus was a philosopher born during the year of 347 B.C in the city of Athens, Greece. Epicurus believed that our lives as human beings on this earth is centered around the idea of happiness and that many of us continue to strive for it whether if its in material objects or experiences with others and that it’s something that’s actually worth doing. What they strive for as Epicureans is ultimate happiness which is called ataraxia. Not…

Utilitarianism is ultimately concerned with the outcome that will produce the most positive result for the entire community. Museums are essential to educating our society about the good and bad in our past. In a 1999 lecture by Emmanuel N. Arinze it was expressed that museums “must become institutions that can foster peace, they must be seen as promoting the ideals of democracy…and transparency…they must become part of the bigger communities that they serve and reach out to every group in the…

Aristippus (c. 430-350 B.C.E) from the town of Cyrene, is considered the creator of Cyrenaic hedonism. First off, hedonism is the philosophic though that pleasure is equal to good and pain is equal to evil. Therefore, Cyrenaic hedonism is the pursuit of intense and immediate pleasure with no qualitative distinctions among pleasures. Aristippus believed pleasure was the main motive for living and that pleasure is always good. This is just simply not true. Yes, we as human beings do seek pleasure…

Utilitarianism is defined as the action taken that will maximize utility, or bring the most happiness to the people involved. There are two kinds of utilitarianism, act and rule. I shall refer to act as extreme and rule as restricted. In the following paper I will define extreme and restricted utilitarianism separately and then demonstrate how Smart establishes a difference between the two in the Desert Island Promise case and how Smart chooses extreme utilitarianism and what he ought to do in…

In the Ethics of Philosophy, Utilitarianism is the doctrine that our actions are correct if the result of our actions produces the greatest happiness between the majorities. However, in: "What's going on with Slavery?" Some objectivist utilitarianism tried to deny this morality, which reflects on the estate of any importance accusing the terrible actions of slave merchants and slave owners in utilitarianism. They attack this doctrine by saying that utilitarianism is a belief system that he can…