ads and disads to utilitarianism
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- Created on: 22-03-15 19:29
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- advantages and disadvantages of utilitarianism
- advantages
- it is secular, people from all different faiths, does not refer to making a moral decision relating to a God
- it connects with human nature, there is a natural desire for happiness in all of us
- based on common sense, down to earth, easily grasped
- treats everyone as equal
- focuses on human well being
- compare different actions using the calculus, easy to arrive at a desision
- can help us make an actual decision when faced with a moral dilemma
- disadvantages
- there are other things to take into consideration, not just pleasure
- focuses too much on consequences - eg: punishing an innocent man for a crime may stop the 'mob' who are looking for a person to blame, but it is still an unjust action
- leaves out personal or special relationships, people will maximise the pleasure of those closes to them rather than the happiness of the many
- trample over the minority groups in society, does the general happiness of the majority count more than the happiness of the minority?
- using people as a means to an end rather than treating them as an end themselves. (the innocent man being convicted of a crime, being framed means he has been treated as a means to an end no as a person with his own rights
- advantages
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