Answer to Question #226487 in English for Draco

Question

Governments will normally use the Utilitarian principle in making decisions on how to distribute the national cake. Discuss five (5) potential problems with the use of this principle. 

Answer 1

1. It may require to violate the standards of justice.

2. It fails to take into account justice' considerations.

3. It is difficult to compare and measure the values of certain costs and benefits.

4. Between the happiness of one and that of others, this principle requires one to be strictly impartial as a benevolent and disinterested spectator.

5. It brings different views about the questions we need to ask ourselves when making ethical decision.