Act Utilitarianism

Act Utilitarianism - a version of utilitarianism according to which the rightness and wrongness of individual acts are calculated by the amount of happiness resulting from these acts.

• Utilitarianism is described as being either act or rule

• Whenever prossible, the principle of utility must be directly applied for each individual situation

• THE GREATEST GOOD FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE

• It is the value of the consequences of the particular act that counts

• Has the benefit of flexibility - takes individual situations into account

Criticisms:

• It can justify any act if it leads to the most happiness 

• It is…