TO WHAT EXTENT IS UTILITARIANISM COMPATIBLE WITH CHRISTIANITY The main idea of utilitarianism (U) is to create ‘the greatest pleasure for the greatest number of people’. This is similar to Christianity and the golden rule ‘love your neighbour as yourself’. With situation ethics‚ in a dilemma you should always do the most loving and compassionate thing. However in contrast to the utilitarian idea that you should try and greatest happiness for the most people‚ Christian ethics would look at everyone
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Utilitarianism was Originally formulated by Jeremy Bentham in the 18th century‚ and fully developed by John Stewart Mill in the 19th. It Asserts that we should always act so as to produce the greatest ratio of good to evil for everyone concerned with our decision and As with all moral theories‚ has many strengths and weaknesses. The prominant criticism of Utilitarianism is that it is extremely hard to predict the results of an action. The outcomes of all situations are hard to predict‚ so how can
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Utilitarianism is concerned only with the happiness of the community and not that of the individual. How far do you agree? Utilitarianism by definition is the greatest happiness for the greatest number‚ therefore a community of people would most likely gain priority over an individual. If a positive act were to benefit a family of people and the opposite act would benefit a single being‚ the positive one would be what Bentham would encourage as it would have the best results for a larger amount
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Compare and Contrast Utilitarianism with Christian Ethics The ethical teachings and values of utilitarianism and Christian ethics are similar in some aspects‚ yet however are diverse in others. Utilitarianism is a generally teleological ethical system‚ where the outcome is said to justify the act. The act is considered ‘good’ if it brings about the greatest good for the greatest number. Christian Ethics‚ however‚ can be quite different. Many aspects of its ethics are deontological‚ for example
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Utilitarianism is the philosophical idea of doing the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people. It removes human values and emotions from the decision making process. It is more or less a numbers game. If a friend were to tell you of a crime they committed an innocent man was accused of the crime; using utilitarianism I would turn in my friend because if I didn’t then I would have a guilty conscious and an innocent man would go to jail. You relieve the innocent man of his crime
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Utilitarianism is fine if your among the winners justice is better if you are not Utilitarianism is the moral philosophy that the morally right action is that which leads to the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. The term justice means getting what you deserve both good and bad. However there is significant disagreement between justice theorists as to what causes who to deserve what. In this essay I will be discussing John Rawls’ concept of contract justice and Robert Nozick’s
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In this paper I will be discussing Gaverick Matheny’s concern with utilitarianism and its relationship to factory farm animals. Gaverick Matheny’s first premise is that utilitarianism is a legitimate ethical theory. Matheny’s second premise is that utilitarianism includes non-human interests. Matheny’s third premise is that factory farms violate utilitarian beliefs. Matheny’s conclusion‚ therefore‚ is that factory farms are unethical and that “most of us should change the way we live” (13)
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During the Enlightenment‚ English Philosophers John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) and Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) were leading propers of Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is the belief that a morally good action is the one that helps the greatest amount of people and produce the greatest amount of happiness‚ for the greatest amount of people. John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham were known as utilitarians‚ they believe “that actions are right in the proportion as they tend to promote happiness‚ wrong as they
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Utilitarianism‚ or the “Greatest Happiness Principle”‚ is an ethical system that is heavily focused on by John Stuart Mill in his essay appropriately titled‚ “Utilitarianism”. In the essay‚ Mill adequately lays out the curriculum for utilitarianism and explains that the actions of being in the right are directly proportional to how much happiness is produced‚ and the actions of being in the wrong are directly proportional to how much they produce the reverse of happiness (Mill). Happiness produces
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