Utilitarianism
According to the ethical theory of utilitarianism, an action is right if it promises to produce better results than—or maximize the expected utility of—other action poss...
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Ethics and Economics
Economics is linked to both ethics and the theory of rationality. Economics complements and intersects with moral philosophy in both the concepts it has constructed and in its tre...
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Utilitarianism [addendum]
J. J. C. Smart's advocacy of utilitarianism has been perhaps the most influential since Henry Sidgwick's nearly a century earlier. Nevertheless, there have been...
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Utilitarianism
"Utilitarianism" can most generally be described as the doctrine that states that the rightness or wrongness of actions is determined by the goodness and badness of their ...
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The utilitarian faces many problems because he loses any ability to live a personal life. By this is meant that in making decisions the utilitarian must consider the steps which lead to the highest le...
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Utilitarianism
Ethics and Economics
