Utilitarianism: The Most Beneficial View Of Ethics

Utilitarianism is the most beneficial view of ethics and it should be what most people strive to follow. Utilitarianism all about what we do and what happens because of what we do. It’s all about the consequences of our actions. When looking at Utilitarianism you have to look at human existence itself. According to philosophers like Mill and Bentham, humans live to achieve happiness. That is our only goal, everything we do is in pursuit of happiness. When you compare Utilitarianism to other philosophical ideas, like the ideas Kant brings up, it is clear that Utilitarianism is the better of the two. In Kant’s writings he talks about how a person becomes good, and it he says that it is mostly based on people’s qualities and their completion
Because we want to be as happy as possible we need to be doing everything that we can do to make sure that there is the maximum amount of happiness in the world even if that means telling a small lie every once in a while. We need to ensure that as many people as possible are as happy as possible, and that is why Utilitarianism is the most beneficial ethical view that we can follow. Utilitarianism argues that whatever action you are doing must provide the most happiness for the most people no matter what. The needs of the majority outweigh the needs of the minority. You must constantly be analyzing your actions and making sure that what you are doing is benefiting more people that it is
Kant’s ethics do provide us with a good way to live our lives and gain personal happiness through our good will and actions, but it doesn’t make the lives of the people around us any better. An example of this is when you are in a tough situation, where there are two sides, and no matter what you do, one side is going to end up being harmed. Like a situation where a bomb is going to go off and you can either save a small child or several adults. Kantian ethics would have you follow you own moral code and do what you believe is right, so you choose to save the child because you believe that they are more deserving. While this is good for you, because you believe you did the right thing and that brings you happiness, the overall happiness in the world is less than it would have been if you had saved the adults and not the child. If you were following Utilitarianism, you might have personally disagreed with the choice you had to make, but the overall happiness would be greater and increasing the overall happiness is what we should all be striving