Deontology focuses on the rightness or wrongness of actions themselves whereas utilitarian focuses on rightness or wrongness of the consequences of those actions. Utilitarianism is the idea that the action’s moral value is based on its degree of maximizing pleasure and happiness as a consequence of the action. Hence‚ greater happiness the more beneficial or morally right it is based on this theory. It is a form of consequentialism compared to deontology which only takes into account of the moral
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most amount of people that are in need of the pleasure. With these measurements of pleasure and pain‚ utilitarianism can create the maximum amount of happiness. For utilitarians‚ the utility of happiness is the ultimate purpose to human life. The most important thing for everyone is to incorporate happiness and maximize it whenever necessary and for the most people in all of society. Utilitarianism is not an egoist theory. They do not intend on creating contentment for an individual‚ but rather the
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Utilitarianism and libertinism are debatable philosophies to decide what is just. Utilitarian main principle is maximizing society happiness. From Utilitarian point of view‚ the best action is the action produce happiness for the greatest amount of people. Even though minority of people will suffer for the majority’s happiness. Moreover‚ utilitarianism measures the cost and benefit in single scale which is happiness. From this view‚ any other things than happiness are not valuable. On the other hand
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establish peace among human beings by creating a social contract‚ in order to determine an authority and certain moral laws to which individuals are subjected and must obey. 6. Utilitarianism ignores that human beings have individual dignity‚ so it is not legitimated for it to be treated as a mean and‚ therefore‚ utilitarianism doesn’t consider the distinction between people. It also ignores the point that the presence of any advantage relies on mutual participation and
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certain principles‚ and we must act from morally pure motivations. Deontology is almost the opposite of utilitarianism. The main difference between deontology and utilitarianism is that deontology is concerned with whether an act is inherently good or bad‚ while utilitarianism believes that only the consequences of an action are significant. Deontology deals with purposes and motivations. Utilitarianism
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If a person is motivated by proper universal principles that treat everyone with respect‚ they will overcome any selfish instinct and act morally. Utilitarianism claims that the most important result of an action is to to maximize the amount of happiness and minimizing the amount of suffering in the world. If you have satisfied these goals‚ you have acted morally‚ even if your actions conflicted with rules
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us as human? Kant argues that we as human beings have pure practical reason‚ to which he means that we are able to construct rationality from various thought processes an act accordingly given those measures because we are persons capable and worthy of respect. According to Kant we own ourselves and by being autonomous beings we are able to act and choose freely. Kant though‚ also created a word to contrast Autonomy: Heteronomy. “I act according to determinations outside of me”‚ Kant argues‚ that
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the positions based on John Stuart Mill ’s ’Utilitarianism ’ ethical theory‚ and Immanuel Kant ’s ’Categorical Imperative ’ ethical theory. According to Utilitarianism‚ euthanasia can be morally justified‚ whereas according to Kantianism‚ euthanasia is not morally justifiable; but I will argue that neither position provides an adequate resolution to the issue‚ due to the significant flaws that are
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order to save himself and the other six men that needed the fever serum. We are going to look at this situation from Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative‚ Mills principle of Utilitarianism‚ the number principle‚ and my comparing it other scenarios discussed in class. Categorical Imperative‚ a term coined by Immanuel Kant‚ argues that moral requirements are based on a standard of rationality. Immorality is a violation to the categorical imperative and is thereby irrational. Individuals that posses
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categories of ethics in terms of the thought behind the decision are deontology and utilitarianism. Utilitarianism relies on the basis that we judge morality based on the consequences or results of these choices (Bowen‚ 2009‚ p. 4). Moral and ethical choices have good consequences and create happiness‚ whereas unethical or bad choices cause pain or suffering and cannot be justified or normalized. People who follow the utilitarianism approach want the greatest good for the greatest number of people. These methods
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