Meaning that those actions which present the greater pleasure as their results rather than pain are more ethically acceptable and for a fact that, rightness and wrongness of an act solely imply to the satisfaction of individual desire generated in the consequences of doing the act that is the most pleasurable. In sum, according to Mill, the quality of pleasure, owe to the consequences of the act needs to be evaluated by the rightness and wrongness of the given actions and rules, for the reason that moral duties are more of an instrumental act and not …show more content…
For instance, promise breaking and the act of stealing is intrinsically wrong and needs to be avoided by any human being, because as an individual we have a duty of not do these things and it's an obligation to act according to the rule of society. Concerning to William’s as opposed to Utilitarian approach, “Consequentialism does not recognize a morally significant difference between doing something and allowing it to happen”. In that manner, that the consequences are not what make the act right intrinsically. Rather, consequences are there to help us to assess which actions are more suited towards the duty that has already given to us and it is in our best interest to figure the result of doing the act beforehand and lean towards the one with lesser harm. Humans, in general, need to be looked upon as an object of intrinsic moral value and it should be their top priority to follow a moral principle that is equal to everyone by acting intrinsically right and fulfill their duties with high moral