Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism

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Utilitarianism as a moral theory is based on the premise that actions are right in the proportions at which they are intended to cause happiness and wrong at the measure of reversing happiness. Happiness is that the presence of pleasure or comfort and the absence of pain. At the same time, the level of happiness can change just as pleasure can differ in quality and quantity. Mill asserts that the attainment of goals and ends is considered as a way of attaining happiness. Utilitarianism coincides with the individual sentiments based on nature.  In this relation, if every individual in the society has to consider embracing ethics, then it is important to internalize the standards of moral binding in a natural manner. Happiness is the foundation of morality and thus people focus on happiness as the only anything that makes a change in their lives. Utilitarianism leads the society to a point of understanding that everything that the members do is aimed to lead to happiness or it later becomes the definition of happiness itself.  The urges for justice in the society are based on utility and that the society upholds human rights just because it is a way of facilitating happiness. In this research, I am going to explore the sociological claim that is conveyed by Mill that “the goal justifies the means” and how instances such as lying and war in the society could be justified.

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Mill. E.,  (1981). Revising Mill's Utilitarianism; Journal of social philosophy. Australia.

 Mill, J. S. (2015). Utilitarianism. Place of publication not identified: The perfect library.