Utilitarianism
Ethics Week 2 Discussion 1: Utilitarianism 200 words total
If the primary goal of utilitarianism is to generate the greatest good for the greatest number, a secondary goal is to minimize suffering.
-Using at least one quote from one of the required readings, discuss the ways in which these two principles are consistent or inconsistent with each other.
-If you think they are consistent, provide a real or imagined example that illustrates this consistency.
-If you think they are inconsistent, provide a real or imagined example that illustrates this inconsistency. Complete your post by discussing whether minimizing suffering is equal to, lesser than, or more important that generating the greatest good for the greatest number.
– Your discussion post must be at least 200 words total, use chapter 3 in your text to help you write your post.
Answer previewThe utilitarianism is an ethical theory that argues that the outcomes of an action determine the rightness and wrongness of a person. It suggests that one action is deemed to be ethical if it produces the greatest good for the greatest number (Thames, 2019). Therefore, if the primary goal of utilitarianism is to generate the good for the greatest number, then the secondary goal is not minimizing suffering. The following example can be considered to prove that the two statements are not consistent…(250 words)