Utilitarianism

animals. He stresses that people should stop all cruelties to the animals. Peoples are speciesism, if they believe that only human have inherent and high degree of value, and animals have only indirect value. Regan argues in his article about utilitarianism and contractarianism theory and he mentions that a person or a theory is rational when they recognize the direct…

John Rawls is a great proponent of the natural rights theory. With his theory of the veil of ignorance, Rawls is of the idea that everyone has some rights that accrue to them by nature. Natural right is a philosophical perspective developed by Hobbes, and it portends that all living beings have rights, and these rights would make an individual act or fail to act in a certain way. The veil of ignorance by John Rawls is premised on the inviolable rights of an individual; this makes him fall under…

and the above case illustrates such condition. As per the consequentialist there are consequences for lying, however, the scenario described above, in which the end result, could be life threatening a white lie would be morally permissible. “Utilitarianism, lie or the truth must be judged by a calculation between advantages and disadvantages. In other words, if a lie to maximize the benefits of a situation, the utilitarian moral is lying, it would be even worst not to lie” http://www.…

In the multiple theories of philosophy, if we take the time to look at four major views of philosophy, such as Aristotle with his nature of virtue theory, Mill with his Utilitarianism theory, Kant with Categorical Imperative theory, and Held with her theory Ethics of Care. All of these theories are similar by addressing the need for us to be good and apply it the proper way, but they are also different by taking different approaches and different view points on what is good and how to apply it…

“According to the Divine ordinance the life of animals and plants is preserved not for themselves but for man.” This is to say that animals are only used at our disposal because they do not think in the same ways humans do. The founder of modern utilitarianism, Jeremy Bentham, thought differently than Aquinas and Kant and believed in the direct rights of animals. He rebutted those who thought like Kant by stating “The question is not, Can they reason? nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?”…

Starting from the utilitarian perspective in the nursing profession, the perspective promotes a moral standard that is based on utilitarianism. It concentrates on those actions that are good, and which must produce the best result for human beings. It assumed that human well being should be the major concern of every human behavior. The well-being of human being is the major appeal of this ethical theory. The perspective promotes moral conduct, which must always guide practitioners in deciding…

In philosophy there are many stands to take when it comes to a view of topic shared and discovered by many. Specifically, there are three philosophers that have differing ideas on the role of pleasure in morality, Aristotle, Kant, and Mill. They share and clarify their positions through a plethora of titles and information that will help a reader gain a better understanding of the role of pleasure in morality. Though each philosopher has their own share of ideas of what the highest good…

Through Mill’s view on Utilitarianism there emerges a core moral theory called the greatest happiness principle. However, I believe that Mill’s Greatest Happiness Principle is false. I believe this because after examining his theory I noticed several flaws within his theory. Before I say what is wrong with Mill’s argument and theory I want to address the definition of the greatest happiness principle and what all it encompasses. Mill believes that “actions are right in proportion as they tend…

Singer’s argument towards approaching the principle of equality beyond our own species is straightforward. He said it corresponds to a clear understanding of the nature of the principle of equal consideration of interests. It has become clear that the implications of this principle is that our interest for others should not revolve around their capabilities they retain. It is built on this facet we are able to say that the evidence that some people are not members of our race does not entitle…

We must consider the following thought experiment from Phillipa Foot, to fully understand the moral theories of deontology and utilitarianism through the ideas of Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill: “Let us consider […] a pair of cases which I shall call Rescue I and Rescue II. In the first Rescue story we are hurrying in our jeep to save some people – let there be five of them – who are imminently threatened by the ocean tide. We have not a moment to spare, so when we hear of a single person…