Articles for tag: Consequentialism, Universal Law, Utilitarianism

Act Vs. Rule Utilitarianism

First, utilitarianism needs to be defined. Utlitarianism is a moral theory which incorporates welfarism and consequentialism. Welfarists believe that the only thing that matters toward the goodness of an outcome is well-being(happiness), and consequentialists believe that only goodness of the results of an action are morally relevant, not the action which led to those results. ...

Karla News

Pros and Cons of Utilitarianism

We ought to so some things, and we ought not do others. Of those things that we ought to do, we sometime can give a correct account of why we ought to do them. Othertimes, when we do what we ought to do, we give an incorrect account. Frequently, the following account is given; it ...