Answer to Question #267506 in Philosophy for Vera warren

Question

Cite at least three (3) personal experiences when you were able to apply the

principle of utilitarianism and explain why you said so

Answer 1

• Pleasure or Happiness Is the Only Thing That Truly Has Intrinsic Value.
• Actions Are Right Insofar as They Promote Happiness, Wrong Insofar as They Produce Unhappiness.
• Everyone's Happiness Counts Equally.

An example of utilitarianism that shows someone making an individual “good” choice that actually benefits the entire population can be seen in Bobby's decision to buy his sister, Sally, a car. Bobby buys Sally the car so that she can get back and forth to work .John Stuart Mill adjusted the more hedonistic tendencies in Bentham's philosophy by emphasizing .It is not the quantity of pleasure, but the quality of happiness that is central to utilitarianism, the calculus is unreasonable qualities cannot be quantified there is a distinction between 'higher' and 'lower'