Examples Of Utilitarianism In Public Schools

Utilitarianism is a moral theory that focus on happiness or the lack of. It is centered on the concept of happiness, and seeks to promote it. The main idea of Utilitarianism is that all people seek happiness, and that it is the top main goals for humans is being happy. The theory was started by David Hume and later adjusted Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mills. Today, I will discuss Utilitarianism as a whole and break it down John Stuart Mill’s belief in public school systems and what I believe other Utilitarian would think about the concept of the public school system versus the private school system. Many Years before 1711 everyone opinion on Ethics was basically the same and there was always room for discussion about Ethics. Mostly, because ethics was up in the air and there was no set rules of right and wrong morally. Until after the French Revolution things started to change of thinking about self. With the idea of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. In the early years of life everything morally was basically trying to please God. Now, everything morally is about happiness in the world. Morality is about the greatest happiness for everyone involved. With that being said Jeremy Bentham, argued the Principle of Utility.
One of the main ideas of this group of philosophers was aiming got the reform of certain laws. The son of one of his followers John Mill, John Stuart Mill will later become the leading advocate for the moral theory of Utilitarianism. John Stuart Mill believe that everyone should be happy and well- off as they can possibly be. John Stuart Mill believes we should promote the conduct that affects the greatest amount of happiness for everyone. This is when Morality changed from being looked at as the faithfulness to follow the strict rules to please God. Now, Morality is strictly about happiness and nothing else and we are required to everything to make sure we are promoting