Consequences Of Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism depends on the happiness of people and by happiness I mean pleasure. When a person experiences pleasure they usually experience pain along with it in some form, or the pain is caused to somebody else. Pleasure is not the only thing that utilitarianism depends on. Along with pleasure it depends on the amount of pleasure, how great the pleasure is, and more things that are along the lines often pleasure the consequences of an action has as an outcome. Despite the action or decision there will always be some sort of consequence. When I usually think of consequences the first thing I think of is a bad outcome that has been caused by my actions. I believe the reason I associate the word consequence with a negative thing is because I always heard people say that if you do that there will be
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First the person decided to go to a party and this put the person in the bad situation with the rapid fire gunmen, which is the consequence for going. The second thing is that the person lied about their location; therefore, the consequence is that their parents are unable to send the police to the correct address for they are unaware of the location. Consequences are bound to happen when a decision is made, but one can try to make the decision that has the most positive outcome out of the choices. The purpose of making a decision according to utilitarianism is to make the most pleasure possible be presented in the consequences of the decision or action. Obviously if one may make a decision they believe will bring the most pleasure, they can not help it if it turns out that the decision they made ends up causing more pain than pleasures. We can not always predict the outcome correctly we just have to hope that we picked the correct path and that it will positively affect people. As long as the consequences of the action or decision produces more pleasure than pain, then that decision or action is favored according to
First the person decided to go to a party and this put the person in the bad situation with the rapid fire gunmen, which is the consequence for going. The second thing is that the person lied about their location; therefore, the consequence is that their parents are unable to send the police to the correct address for they are unaware of the location. Consequences are bound to happen when a decision is made, but one can try to make the decision that has the most positive outcome out of the choices. The purpose of making a decision according to utilitarianism is to make the most pleasure possible be presented in the consequences of the decision or action. Obviously if one may make a decision they believe will bring the most pleasure, they can not help it if it turns out that the decision they made ends up causing more pain than pleasures. We can not always predict the outcome correctly we just have to hope that we picked the correct path and that it will positively affect people. As long as the consequences of the action or decision produces more pleasure than pain, then that decision or action is favored according to