Compare Utilitarianism with the religion that you have studied
Utilitarianism VS Christianity
BASIC MAXIM – “THE GREATEST HAPPINESS FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER”
JEREMY BENTHAM – Act Utilitarianism (each action should be judged on
its ability to bring about the greatest happiness for the greatest
number) - Devised principle of utility - Established a hedonic
calculus to measure pleasure/pain brought about by each action.
JOHN STUART MILL – Rule Utilitarianism (rules should be formulated
first, based on utilitarian principles. The individual can then judge
whether specific acts are acceptable) – Worked for Bentham for many
years – Mill distinguished between higher and lower pleasures and
reformulated the utilitarian theory taking this and human nature into
account - Mill recognised value of rules and his revision allows for
the formulation of them based on utilitarian principles.
PETER SINGER – Suggests that pleasure should not be the principal
consideration in a utilitarian ethical decision – He proposes a
utilitarian system with the ‘best interests’ of the individuals
concerned at the heart of ethical decision making – “My interests
cannot, simply because they are my interests, count more than the
interests of anyone else” - His approach weighs up the interests of
all those effected by an individuals ethical decision – Replaces
‘pleasure’ with ‘best interests’ – Argues that utilitarianism stands
as an ethical system unless some non-utilitarian moral rules are
proposed that come with good reasons for rejecting a purely
utilitarian approach.
UTILITARIANISM IN THE BIBLE
Although the Bible stresses that personal morality ...
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...eings would have the opportunity to join
him in eternal life (in order to avoid the pain of no human being able
to have eternal life).
- The implications of the belief that Utilitarianism underwrites the
biblical view of God and morality are quite important for any
discussion relating to the divine command theory of ethics. One of the
main concerns about the belief that God alone is the source of
morality is whether we can know that what God commands is good. This
debate was classically expressed in the Euthyphro Dilemma. However, if
what God commands is based on what leads to the greatest happiness for
God, then as we have seen, such happiness is also grounded in making
us happy. In other words, as far as the Bible is concerned, God's
commands are not arbitrary but are intended to bring about a better
world
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