Question

1. How will you define the principle of utility and the principles of the greatest number?
2. Elaborate the statement: “anything that prevents or interferes with purpose for which something is created is considered as wrong”.
3. Describe and define “non-Consequentialist”.

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Answer 1

Answer:

1.The principle of utility states that actions or behaviors are right in so far as they promote happiness or pleasure, wrong as they tend to produce unhappiness or pain. Hence, utility is a teleological principle.

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3.A consequentialist theory of value judges the rightness or wrongness of an action based on the consequences that action has. ... A non-consequentialist theory of value judges the rightness or wrongness of an action based on properties intrinsic to the action, not on its consequences.