Rule utilitarianism

“Utilitarianism is a theory in normative ethics holding that the best moral action is the one that maximizes utility”. (Utilitarianism. (n.d.). Retrieved October 29, 2015, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism). Any and every human should act so as to produce the best consequences possible no matter what the outcome is. I will argue that utilitarianism is the best moral view because it is impartial. One reason the utilitarian approach leads to the morally right thing to do is, it…

John Stuart Mill was a philosopher who believed in the principle of utility. Utility, as used in the text, is the principle that states morality comes from happiness and pleasure. Also known as the greatest happiness principle, utility seeks to find the greatest happiness for the greatest amount of people. Although some philosophers might not agree with Mill, he believed that progression and experience plays a huge role in morality. To begin with, lets discuss the basic model for Mill. We are…

to achieve this mission. Before reading Gordon’s article, I was vehemently a firm proponent toward making sure the sole role of government is to protect each individual’s rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. However, the majority-rule power and the mainstream trends are a perplexing issues for the government to intervene. Although I wish there is a definitive action for the government, I have an apprehension toward a possibility of government’s artificially balancing one…

This essay will compare and contrast two highly revered political philosophers, Freidrich Hayek and John Stuart Mill. Hayek and Mill are widely known for their work on the philosophy of liberty. It is important to compare and contrast these thinkers because of the impact they still have on society today. Hayek is a classic negative liberty thinker, basing his views on the importance of the lack of outside interference on a man pursuing his own will. Mill, however, is a positive liberty thinker,…

consumer, community, employees of the company, stockholders, competitors within the same segment, competitors with healthier options, parents of the targeted children, the vulnerable consumers and many more secondary stakeholders. Using the Utilitarianism model, I would say that the companies are not acting in an ethical way. I don’t think that their actions and outcomes of those are producing the greatest good for the greatest number. I think they are causing more harm to the consumers…

Mill utilitarianism theory primarily focuses on the idea that an action is morally right when they result in pleasure for the greater number of people. Mill states that intellectual pleasures have a higher value than physical pleasures. For this reason, utilitarian…

Utilitarianism A form of hedonist ethics known as Utilitarianism is the ethical system that follows the idea to pursue the greatest happiness for the greatest amount of people. This hedonist ethical system is a state of overall well-being and focuses on the intellectual, spiritual, and social aspects of happiness (Wilkens, 1995). Since the term utilitarianism derives from the idea of usefulness, so an action is deemed morally right if it succeeds or is useful in bringing about happiness.…

Walmart is a corporation that is known not only in the United States but worldwide. The decision point covers the company’s ethics and how it handled a situation that occurred in their Mexico location. This paper will use the ethical decision-making model to identify the facts, ethical issues and the stakeholders. It will also cover the available alternatives, how decisions affect the stakeholders and offer guidance. Determine the facts The New York Times reported that an internal…

In a society where “giving food to starving kids in Africa” has become almost a cliché, utilitarian philosopher Peter Singer makes the readers of The New York Times step back and reevaluate their spending choices in his 1999 essay “The Singer Solution to World Poverty”. Through a mixture of examples and facts Singer calls upon those with excess money, typically used on luxuries, to instead donate that money for overseas aid agencies. In order to persuade the reader to follow through with his…

Ethical theories can be broken down into two basic categories; consequentialist and non-consequentialist. Consequentialism focuses on the consequences of an action to determine if the action is good or bad. Non-consequentialism looks at intrinsic qualities of the action to determine its moral value, not the results of the action. Ethical egoism is a consequential moral philosophy where the individual takes care of themselves first by putting their goals and interests ahead of everyone else.…