and suggest improvements to Utilitarianism that enable it to avoid these limitations. Utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory: it holds that we ought to act in whatever way has the best consequences (i.e. the greatest "utility"). For most utilitarians‚ this means maximising the good and minimising the bad. Utilitarianism works on the fundamental assumption that we should always try to make as many people as possible as happy as possible (The Greatest Happiness Principle). Despite sometimes being
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Canyon University: PHI 305 10/30/14 John Stuart Mill’s Moral Theory John Stuart Mill‚ a philosopher and political economist‚ is known today as one of the most influential sponsors for Utilitarianism. His moral theory tends to go along with a “Utilitarian rubric” (Fitzpatrick‚ 2006) and thus holds that the theory is based on how to define right and wrong in terms of happiness. For Mill‚ “actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness‚ wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of
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Williams’s is a popular opponent to John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarian rulebook when it comes to an agent’s individuality. Williams believes that Utilitarianism is flawed because it requires agents to compromise their own individual self-concept both emotionally and morally. He thinks this because Utilitarianism says that in order for every series of events to be morally sound by producing the most happiness one may have to disregard their own projects and perform the action that will cause this outcome
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PH220 — Ethics and Values Morgan State University Dr. John Hersey Midterm Exam Directions: Your exams must be submitted through SafeAssign on Blackboard. Late submissions will be penalized 10 points (one full letter grade) and I will not accept submissions after one week past the due date‚ which will result in a 0 for the assignment. Plagiarism merits automatic failure for the course. Put your name‚ PHIL 220 with section number‚ Dr. Hersey‚ semester and year‚ Midterm Examination on the top
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crime the only justifiable punishment is a punishment that will in turn reduce crime. Utilitarian decisions are in a sense always a balancing act between total good and consequential harm. The same is true for deciding how to punish criminal offenders; one most determine whether the overall balance of pleasure is increased or decreased because of the form of punishment considered. In doing this a true utilitarian would have to a lot equal consideration to the suffering of all parties including the
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Glover’s essay "Executions‚" he maintains that there are three views that a person may have in regard to capital punishment: the retributivist‚ the absolutist‚ and the utilitarian. Although Glover recognizes that both statistical and intuitive evidence cannot validate the benefits of capital punishment‚ he can be considered a utilitarian because he believes that social usefulness is the only way to justify it. Martin Perlmutter on the other hand‚ maintains the retributivist view of capital punishment
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cover material from the previous two exams. The following are important concepts‚ positions‚ objections‚ arguments‚ etc.‚ that we have covered since the last exam. Review
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bought forward from the practical pro-euthanasia followers is that; “allowing people to die may free up scarce health resources”‚ however‚ no authority has seriously proposed this and there is no evidence to support this claim that I have seen. Utilitarian Arguments For Utilitarian’s believe that to produce the greatest happiness of the
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Philosophical Ethics: Part A 1. Name and briefly describe the four main aspects of the AU decision-making process. i. Scope → Includes all those affected by the act‚ either directly or indirectly ii. Duration → Considers the length of time of each effect iii. Intensity → Considers the force or strength of each resulting experience iv. Probability → Considers how likely each effect might be‚ given that we don’t know ahead of time which of the many possible effects will actually occur.
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matters such as depression. Utilitarianism also opposes my opinion on Sue’s decision because utilitarianism seeks to bring the greatest good to the greatest amount of people. Utilitarian ethics is a system where acts are judged according to their consequences‚ so the end justifies the means. In Sue’s defense‚ a pro-utilitarian‚ would argue that having a late-term abortion serves the comfort and happiness of all the women who are in
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