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Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism is the most well-known consequentiality theory of ethics The most prominent advocates of utilitarianism are John Stuart Mill (1806-1873 ) and HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Jeremy_Bentham " \o "Jeremy Bentham Jeremy Bentham (1748 - 1832 . The guiding principle of utilitarianism is the assumption that eventual goal of all human activity is happiness Experience is the determinant of concept of right and wrong in utilitarianism

Two types of Utilitarian ethics are 1 ) Act Utilitarianism and 2 ) Rule Utilitarianism . A Utilitarian 's definition of

`good ' is `whatever provides the greatest action in any case can be calculated by determining the probable consequences of each course of action . The action most likely to bring about the most happiness , or cause the least unhappiness , is the right action in each case . Utilitarianism deals with probable consequences because it is usually complex , if not impossible , to establish the accurate results of any particular action

Rule Utilitarianism questions the assumption of act utilitarianism that all good is equal . The common practice of throwing Christians to lions for entertainment of crowds of thousands in Ancient Rome is cited as an example . Act Utilitarianism would assign higher weight to pleasure of thousands over suffering of few Christians , thus declaring that practice moral . Since momentary pleasure of the Romans cannot possibly equal the pain of loss of life , Rule utilitarianism concludes that all good or values cannot be equal

The difficulties arising from putting Utilitarianism...