John Stuart Mill And Utilitarianism

The approach that I strongly agree with is the John Stuart Mill’s doctrine and Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is a moral approach that believes `` the supreme principle of morality is to produce as much happiness as possible`` (118). Utilitarianism evaluates the right action according to the amount of happiness and absence of pain. In addition, ``there is in reality nothing desired except happiness`` (118).The right action should result the most desirable happiness as many people as possible. I choose this moral theory because, I believe if people act by this approach, all wars, conflicts, cruelties, and unkindness will disappear because the action is right that causes happiness and none of those actions results are happiness. Therefore,
It improves the unity of the all people of the world. Utilitarianism’s theory resolves the relativism theory problems. Relativism believes that the different things are true for different people, and a practice of a wrong action may is not a wrong action in another culture. According to utilitarianism’s theory the action has a moral worth that provides the higher happiness among the most people. Therefore the cultures can eliminate the differentials and the wrong action that causes pain in another culture. Utilitarianism allows cultures make progress and come closer to each other and it helps to improve more peace among the
Mill believes that an action is right and permissible when it causes the best consequence compared to its other choices or alternatives. Mill`s theory defenses utilitarianism that is the greatest happiness possible. Mill explains that the supreme principle of morality is the act that can produces`` as much happiness as possible, each person counting equally`` (118). According to his ethical theory, the only desirable and worthy thing at the end is degree of pleasure or happiness and freedom of pain. Mill points out that some types of pleasure are more valuable than others and mental pleasures have higher value compare with the bodily pleasures. There are two types of utilitarianism. 1- Act utilitarian that focuses on the effects of individual actions 2- rule utilitarian that focuses on the effects of types of actions. In fact, followers of utilitarianism find the right action by evaluating the consequences of that action and the total amount