Utiliarianism
Klyde Louise II B. Jarabelo Philo107
Part I. Analysis of the Worldview behind Utilitarianism [limit: min: 500 words | max: 900 words]
A. Is belief in God part of the worldviews of utilitarianism? In this worldview, how is the relation between God and the world understood? Identify and explain certain characteristics of Utilitarianism that will support your answer.
Yes, God is part of the worldviews of Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is an ethical philosophy in which the happiness of the greatest number of people in the society is considered the greatest good. An action is morally right if its consequences lead to happiness, and wrong if it ends in unhappiness. God is part of its worldviews because religion and God sets the standards of what is good. Through religion people becomes good. It becomes a useful tool for the common good. John Stuart Mill said that the criticism depends on what we see to be the moral character of God; for if God desires the happiness of all His creatures, then utilitarianism is more religious than any other doctrine. If it be a true belief that God desires the happiness of his creatures, and that this was his purpose in their creation, utility is not a godless doctrine, but more profoundly religious than any other principle. Some utilitarian believes that God's revealed truths about morality will fit with utilitarian principles. Furthermore, many moralists, not simply utilitarians, have believed that we need an ethical doctrine, carefully followed, in order to understand the will of God in the first place.
B. In this worldview, how is human life valued? Identify and explain certain characteristics of utilitarianism that will support your answer?
As God being part of the utilitarian world view, human life has been
C. What is the goal and purpose of human life according to this worldview? Identify and explain certain characteristics of utilitarianism that will support your answer
Part II. Personal Evaluation of
Part I. Analysis of the Worldview behind Utilitarianism [limit: min: 500 words | max: 900 words]
A. Is belief in God part of the worldviews of utilitarianism? In this worldview, how is the relation between God and the world understood? Identify and explain certain characteristics of Utilitarianism that will support your answer.
Yes, God is part of the worldviews of Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is an ethical philosophy in which the happiness of the greatest number of people in the society is considered the greatest good. An action is morally right if its consequences lead to happiness, and wrong if it ends in unhappiness. God is part of its worldviews because religion and God sets the standards of what is good. Through religion people becomes good. It becomes a useful tool for the common good. John Stuart Mill said that the criticism depends on what we see to be the moral character of God; for if God desires the happiness of all His creatures, then utilitarianism is more religious than any other doctrine. If it be a true belief that God desires the happiness of his creatures, and that this was his purpose in their creation, utility is not a godless doctrine, but more profoundly religious than any other principle. Some utilitarian believes that God's revealed truths about morality will fit with utilitarian principles. Furthermore, many moralists, not simply utilitarians, have believed that we need an ethical doctrine, carefully followed, in order to understand the will of God in the first place.
B. In this worldview, how is human life valued? Identify and explain certain characteristics of utilitarianism that will support your answer?
As God being part of the utilitarian world view, human life has been
C. What is the goal and purpose of human life according to this worldview? Identify and explain certain characteristics of utilitarianism that will support your answer
Part II. Personal Evaluation of