Utilitarian Vs Singer

something about it?”. In this essay, I will be arguing the moral implications of consequentialism and why Onora O’Neill’s non-consequential view on the subject is more plausible than Peter Singer’s consequential view. I will explain what differentiates Singer and O’Neill’s views and where both their views come together. Consequentialism refers to the idea that what is morally good or bad is all based on the consequences of one’s actions. It is derived from the Theory of Right Action which is a part

to give preference to our own species over others without any moral relevant differences, a concept more formally known as speciesism. In the piece of writing titled Animal Liberation by Peter Singer he talks about this concept, giving arguments and counter arguments in the name of animal rights. Singer starts off with the powerful and effective analogy connecting the arguments used to fight for equality of sexes and races to the arguments that are applicable to the fundamental rights of animals

(5) You should not sell arms to an evil regime EVEN IF others will sell them if you don't.(Cf the case of George in Singer,85) (6)You should not kill an innocent (friendless but healthy) person EVEN IF by doing so (and giving his organs to several others) you could increase net happiness. These cases pose great difficulties for the Utilitarian. (Many (if not all?)have to do with what Jonathan Glover calls THE ACTS AND OMISSIONS DOCTRINE; this states that `in

(NAAS, 43). The death penalty is currently an intense debate involving the idea of whether or not we as people should be able to sentence another person to death. According to the ethical and moral reasoning of the philosophers Jeremy Bentham, Peter Singer, and Hugo Bedau, the death penalty should not be a legal punishment. Jeremy Bentham lived from 1748-1832 and during his lifetime addressed the death penalty

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

determine whether an act is right or wrong, so one ought to act to produce the best results. The best result is the one that maximizes utility, or produces the largest amount of good. Utilitarians define good as pleasure or happiness, since it is the only thing that is intrinsically good. This is not to say that utilitarians deny that there are other goods, but that those goods, such as friends, food, and romance, are merely a means to to producing pleasure. However, pleasure is good in itself because

A drowning child. Peter Singer tells a hypothetical story of a drowning child in his lectures and writings. The story ends in the question of what would you do? You are walking around a pond or body of water and see a child struggling to stay above water. A bystander may be hollering for help. You are wearing new, expensive clothing. If you stop to help the drowning child you will wreck your new clothes. If you don’t stop and help the child could drown. What do you do? He uses this scenario to compare

called Peter Singer, and book he published. In this paper, I will agree with Singer and argue that in order to live a moral life, one should donate funds to aid agencies, however only when the means are comfortably available. Peter Singer is a

Fighting Famine You oversleep and have to rush out the door to work, skipping breakfast. Then things are so busy, that you cannot take the time to eat lunch. Then you get stuck in rush hour on the way home, so by the time you get home it is after 7 pm, and you are absolutely starving, and you proceed to eat everything in sight. We have all experience hunger, and it is not a good feeling, but it is temporary. Can you imagine having that type of hunger, being famished like that, day in and day out

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