Similarities Between Mill And John Stuart Mill Utilitarianism

British philosopher, John Stuart Mill, believed in an ethical theory known as utilitarianism. His theory was based on the principle of giving the greatest happiness to the greatest number of people. Mill’s moral reasoning for utilitarianism uses consequentialist. On the other hand, German philosopher, Immanuel Kant, believed in an ethical theory known as deontologist. He believed that only the principle of actions matter and moral decisions should be made based on one's duties and rights of others.

Mill would agree that enforcing torture is okay due to him believing in utilitarianism which means the right actions are those actions that maximizes pleasure and minimizes pain. For example, Mills would be okay with sacrificing one persons life to save thousands because you maximized the happiness of a whole
Kant, on the other hand, would not agree with torturing someone because he believed deontology. Deontology believs in the concept of duty rather than any concept of right or wrong. For instance, a person with coronary artery disease was in an accident and is then rushed to the hospital. The doctor realizes that the patient does not have any family and will most likely die. Du to the doctor being a deontologist he will help the patient as it is his duty to help and treat others. Utilitarianism might of said to let the person die and use his organs to save other people to maximize the happiness of the world.
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