Are Consequences the Only Thing to Consider?
Theories of ethical and moral development are based upon the society and time in which the philosophers believe that they are able to change the world and make their mark on people’s lives through their values and ideas. Not always will a philosopher’s ideas meet the standards to withhold the challenges that people or society as a whole will challenge them with. The Utilitarian theory looks at the consequences of a particular action and determines the morality based upon the amount of happiness everyone will experience because of that action. That criterion for the basis of morality is not enough. Even after making changes to the theory that created the Rule-Utilitarian theory, still the overall concept of judging actions based on more criteria is not addressed to its fullest potential. The action itself needs to be taken into account to truly determine the overall morality of an action as a whole. Thus, while determining the......
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