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Contemporary Moral Problem: Utilitarinism

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Review Question:

State and explain the principles of utility. Show how it could be used to justify actions that are conventionally viewed as wrong, such as lying and stealing.

 

A utility principle means that the idea of moral work is conducted by overall utility. This is a majority action of the people what they want their happiness, and other thing. Their choices are majority of other people even if they not agree; the majority of other people become the rule and this become as a general rule for all of the people.  Other people and the majority of the people know and agree that stealing is prohibited so that this is not applicable for a person to do stealing even the person wants to do that.

 

How does Mill reply to the objection that Epicureanism is a doctrine worthy only of swine?

 

In the chapter it says that Mill that he don’t want to agree that the rule of Epicureanism is liable with the perfection in imagining of the different consequences from the other utilitarian people. Because doing that is like a insulating of all people in the community.               

How does Mill distinguish between higher and lower pleasures?

 

It shows that higher pleasures are the thing or act that is some people can’t do that and can't refuse to go along with because it is not easily to achieve while lower pleasure is the thing that is advantage to you and easy to achieve like taking care of others people life your own life.  

 

According to Mill, whose happiness must be considered? T

 

he Happiness to consider is the happiness of all the people, because the utilitarianism is majority so that the first priority is the majority number of people. The good things that will make the people happy this is the best happiness for the people.

 

Carefully reconstruct Mill’s proof of the principle of utility    

 

Base on my own perspective mills proof principle of utility if we have something to act or to show to the other people you should think if the majority will become happy or it will produce unhappiness. In generalization principle of utility is doing something that the majority should agree.                      

 

 

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