Nursing EthicsThis chapter outlines core characteristics of Utilitarianism and explores them with regard to their significance in healthcare settings. It presents Utilitarianism as characterised by the following fidoi:10.1007/978-3-319-49250-6_3Heike Felzmann...
This entry offers a historical overview and a theoretical discussion of the main features of the utilitarian approach to ethics and their relevance for the contemporary bioethical debate. Despite having a well-recognizable philosophical nucleus (the emphasis on the promotion of well-being, a teleologic...
An overview of the general consequentialist approach to ethics, situating utilitarianism within that approach. The chapter is divided into twenty sections, providing clarity of organization and enabling the reader to home in on topics of particular interest. The introduction and sections 1–8 (pp. 38...
In summary, utilitarianism and deontology represent two distinct approaches to ethics: utilitarianism focuses on the consequences of actions and maximizing overall happiness or utility, while deontology emphasizes adherence to moral duties, principles, and the intentions behind actions. These differences lead...
Utilitarianism holds that the most ethical choice is the one that will produce the greatest good for the greatest number. As such, it is the only moral framework that can justify military force or war. Moreover, utilitarianism is the most common approach tobusiness ethicsbecause of the way tha...
Utilitarianism - Introduction Learning Objectives Know utilitarianism as a teleological and relativist approach Explain the Bentham’s influences – the social background of utilitarianism Explain Bentham’s utilitarian approach to ethics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPLPXL5vYrU ...
Utilitarianismcanbecharacterisedasaquantitativeandreductionist(http:\/\/en.wikipedia\/wiki\/Reductionist"\o"Reductionist)approachtoethics.Itcanbecontrastedwithdeontologicalethics(http:\/\/en.wikipedia\/wiki\/Deontological_ethics"\o"Deont...
Utilitarianism---aquantitativeandreductionist还原论者approachtoethics.Itcanbecontrastedwithdeontologicalethics义务论，道义论andvirtueethics,aswellaswithothervarietiesofconsequentialism.character Utilitarianism "thegreatestgoodforthegreatestnumberofpeople“Utility,thegoodtobemaximized,hasbeendefinedbyvariousthinkersashappiness...
Moral Theories: Utilitarianism Applied Ethics Moral Theories: Utilitarianism Consequentialism Right or wrong depends on result or consequence of an action. Good result—right Bad consequence—wrong Consequentialism Egoism Altruism Utilitarianism Utilitarianism Classical utilitarianism Hedonism = Pleasure-ism Jeremy...
resentment, moralized by being made co-extensive with the demands of social good; and if this feeling not only does but ought to exist in all the classes of cases to which the idea of justice corresponds; that idea no longer presents itself as a stumbling-block to the utilitarian ethics....