Homework Sourse03 Utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory which holds t
03.) Utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory which holds that…
1.
right action is that which maximizes good results for the greatest number of people.
2. right action is that which maximizes good results for others.
3. right action is that which is in accordance with duty.
4. right action is that which maximizes good results for oneself.
5. right action is that which maximizes personal development and self-actualization.
| 1. | right action is that which maximizes good results for the greatest number of people. |
Solution
Option 1 is correct.
Hume studied under Francis Hutcheson, and it was he who first introduced a key utilitarian phrase. In An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue (1725), Hutcheson says[10] when choosing the most moral action, virtue is in proportion to the number of people a particular action brings happiness to. In the same way, moral evil, or vice, is proportionate to the number of people made to suffer. The best action is the one that procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers—and the worst is the one that causes the most misery.
