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Utilitarianism - Research Papers

Utilitarianism

The theory of states that actions should be judged as right or wrong depending on whether they cause more happiness or unhappiness. It weighs the rightness and wrongness of an action based on consequences of that action.
(1) CONSEQUENCE PRINCIPLE:
Actions are to be judged right or wrong mainly by their own consequences. Nothing else matters. Right actions are those that have the best consequences.
-No act is right in and of it self.
-No act is wrong in and of it self.

(2) PRINCIPLE OF UTILITY:
The only thing that matters is the amount of happiness and unhappiness that is caused. Therefore the right actions are those that produce the highest ratio of happiness over unhappiness. So ...

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has its limits, so . . .
(3) Personality types can be assessed in terms of their utility.

EVERYDAY SCENARIO--
Utilitarian experience’s conflict when considering acts of injustice that does harm to others. That this sort of conflict is a lack of integrity, but the utilitarian must be willing to sacrifice his/her own feelings for the good of others. A utilitarian believes that following your integrity when it conflicts with the general good is too self-regarding. For example: A talented doctor who has the knowledge to perform a lifesaving operation, but get squeamish about cutting open flesh. Should the surgery be performed despite of the inner conflict for the better of mankind?
With regard to moral squeamishness, a utilitarian will over rule his feelings against doing an injustice if the good outweighs the injustice being done.

PROBLEMS--
A problem with utilitarianism is the psychological effect it has on one person. The utilitarian course of ...

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Added: 9/28/2006 08:33:44 PM
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