Paradox of hedonism

Utilitarianism is choosing the action that promotes the most happiness. This ethical theory is not the same as egoism because instead of thinking about your own happiness, you’d be thinking about the happiness of all. However, many people argue that utilitarianism is too demanding because it requires you to consider everyone’s happiness and do what brings the most happiness to the majority. For example, imagine that you work everyday, live alone and have no family or friends. If you were to give…

"The right action in any situation is the one that tends to produce the greatest possible balance of happiness over unhappiness for the greatest possible number."pg 130.It argues that the judge of one action is right or wrong, it depends on that we must look at the result that lead to the consequence of an action. People that they do not care about other factors, just because it leads to a good result, people can say that is the right thing to do. There are many different ways of thinking in…

A manager of a retail store hired a fellow classmate to help out. One day, he notices the classmate stealing clothing from the store. When he confronts the classmate, he laughs it off and says “The owner is insured, no one is hurt, and it was under $100. Besides, friends stick together, right?” This dilemma could be handled in two ways, through a Utilitarian or an Egoism perspective. The Utilitarianism perspective is a teleological ethical system, which judges the consequences of an act. It…

‘unhappiness’ is meant pain and the lack of pleasure (Mill, 2015, p.5). By reducing animal pain and suffering and treating animals with the same moral equality and respect as humans, Utilitarian is in effect. Comparative Analysis of Utilitarianism and Deontology. Deontology focuses on what is morally right and the duties and obligations that individuals have in car¬rying out actions rather than on the consequences of those actions. Therefore, it would be an ethical obligation to act morally…

Actions which are undertaken to reflect the ethical theory of Utilitarianism aim to provide the maximisation of good for a society. “Utilitarians believe that the purpose of morality is to make life better by increasing the amount of good things (such as pleasure and happiness) in the world and decreasing the amount of bad things (such as pain and unhappiness)” (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2018). In the context of the issue of capital punishment, this maximisation of good relates most…

Utilitarianism is known for being based on the principle of maximizing the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people. Jermey Bentham is the founder of this political school of thought. Bentham says that people are “under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure .” He uses these two masters as the justification for why his utilitarian system is the way that it is. Bentham’s utilitarianism focuses on the three factors: “the greatest individual pleasure or good”,…

Utilitarian is a moral theory that describes the best moral action is the one that maximizes utility. Utility is related to the well-being of conscious entities. It is a superior moral theory because it is impartial to individuals. It links happiness with morality, instead of possibly pitting happiness against morality. It makes sense with common beliefs about morality. For instance, in general, it backs up murder's being wrong, lying, rights. As well as, it is a universal theory.…

Act Utilitarianism, is the moral theory that is reflective of Dr. Brown’s actions and perceptions. John Stuart Mill, whom is the creator of the theory, states that this theory requires thinking about the consequences of any given action, the use of the Hedonic Calculus, which is a guide that helps to make moral decisions and perceives happiness as only the intrinsic value (Collier & Haliburton, 2015 p. 6). Dr. Brown uses utilitarian approach in this situation in variety of ways. The use the…

Utilitarians believe that the best moral choice directly yields the greatest beneficial consequence. In some situations, a single individual’s happiness is the sole factor that drives moral choice. Balancing pain, or unhappiness, with pleasure, or happiness, is the basic formula of the utilitarian doctrine. Generally speaking, it is common in human nature to obtain happiness or a means of happiness specifically to keep one’s sanity in the chaos that is life; however, a person’s happiness may…

The utilitarian perspective considers the usefulness of an action by judging the utility of that action on whether it helps increase the common good. The phrase “The end justifies the means” is very common in describing this perspective because the end result is being judged rather than the morality of the act. In order made a decision based on a utilitarian perspective it first necessary to consider all courses of action before determining which one truly increases the common good the most.…