Utilitarianism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Utilitarianism is the idea that moral worth of an action is determined solely by its contribution to overall utility: that is, its contribution to happiness or pleasure as summed among all people. It...
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Another main criticism of utilitarianism is the fact that, in some circumstances, it endorses acts that would generally be considered 'immoral', such as murder or lying, if they bring about a greater good (see rule-utilitarianism).
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A further criticism is in regards to Utilitarianism's judgement of right and wrong. Utilitarianism holds that in any given situation the 'right' act is that which produced the greatest good, while all other acts are wrong. ... Utilitarianism: Utilitarian criticism of other schools â–...
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Utilitarianism Criticism and Essays ... Further criticism of Bentham's and Mill's Utilitarianism has focused on the important concept of justice as it applies to the principles of liberty and utility advocated by both. ... Criticism > Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism > Utilitarianism - Introduction...
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Views Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol as “an attack upon both the economic behavior of the nineteenth-century businessman and the supporting theory of doctrinaire utilitarianism.” ... Criticism: Jeremy Bentham's Utilitarianism: The Science Of Happiness...
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Utilitarianism, Utilitarianism - Act utilitarianism vs. rule utilitarianism, Utilitarianism - Biological explanation for utilitarianism, Utilitarianism - Combinations with other ethical schools, Utilitarianism - Criticism of utilitarianism, Utilitarianism - Happiness of other species,
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Bernard Williams puts forth some efficient arguments against utilitarianism that beg the question whether or not utilitarian values accurately depict the way in which it is inherent that we act.
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It doesn't seem obvious what the right thing to do is, but if utilitarianism were correct, it would be obvious. (A possible utilitarian response to this criticism is that it is obvious what the right thing to do is, namely shoot the one;
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1. Death of one for pleasure of others problem may be solved by use of rule rather than act utilitarianism. However, act utilitarians have arguments against rule utilitarians. These include an abandonment of maximizing happiness if following a generally beneficial rule does not maximize happiness in a given case.
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