Pros And Cons Of Utilitarianism

The concept of Utilitarianism is one of the most influential moral theory. It has another name is The Greatest Happiness Principle. The main idea is you can determine the action is morally right or wrong depends on outcome. If the outcome brings pleasure and happiness to the people, it is the morally right choice. On the other hand, if the result of your action bring more pain and unhappiness, it is morally wrong choice. This ideal is based on assumption that overall good as a judge of right or wrong. Utilitarian want everyone and everything to be happy, so the method of this decision making could be very useful but some cases such as the example case from blackboard, a happiness happened because they have some food to feed the family. They do not have to hungry anymore, but they broke the law and stole food. The outcome of this case are the family are satisfied, but the
It might solve some solution in the short term but it becomes the anti-social force in a society. We should do the right thing for the right reason. Utilitarianism gives a guide when people have no time to assess the pros and con in the situation. It treats everybody as equal and does not have special considerations. It advocates something that we value in the moral terms such as honesty and justice. However, it may treat individuals as means to the end and do the right thing with the wrong reason. For example, the police arrested the culprit. The police think that if he brings the culprit to the court, they might possible to be dropped. Therefore, the police decide to shot them because they do not want the culprit make a crime anymore. He wants to bring a happiness back to the society. What happened if the culprit is a scapegoat? Nobody want the polices murder legally all cases, it causes a lot people died. Possibly, they might make a mistake by shooting the