TAILIEUCHUNG - Ebook Elements of moral philosophy (4th edition): Part 2

The book explains a number of moral theories and topics, including cultural relativism, subjectivism, divine command theory, ethical egoism, social contract theory, utilitarianism, Kantian ethics, and deontology. The book uses real-life examples in explaining the theories. | CHAPTER The Utilitarian Approach Given our present perspective it is amazing that Christian ethics down through the centuries could have accepted almost unanimously the sententious doctrine that the end does not justify the means. We have to ask now If the end does not justify the means what does The answer is obviously Nothing Joseph Fletcher Moral Responsibility 1967 . The Revolution in Ethics Philosophers like to think their ideas can change the world. Usually it is a vain hope They write books that are read by a few other like-minded thinkers while the rest of humanity goes on unaffected. On occasion however a philosophical theory can alter the way people think. Utilitarianism a theory proposed by David Hume 1711-1776 but given definitive formulation by Jeremy Bentham 1748-1832 andjohn Stuart Mill 1806-1873 is a case in point. The late 18th and 19th centuries produced an astonishing series of upheavals. The modern nation-state was emerging in the aftermath of the French Revolution and the wreckage of the Napoleonic empire the revolutions of 1848 showed the continuing power of the new ideas of liberty equality fraternity in America a new country with a new kind of constitution was created and its bloody civil war was to put an end finally to slavery in Western civilization and all the while the industrial revolution was bringing about a complete restructuring of society. It is not surprising that in the midst of all this change people might begin to think differently about ethics. The old ways of thinking were very much up in the air open to challenge. Against this background Bentham s argument for a new conception of morality had a powerful influence. Morality he 91 92 THE ELEMENTS OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY urged is not a matter of pleasing God nor is it a matter of faithfulness to abstract rules. Morality is just the attempt to bring about as much happiness as possible in this world. Bentham argued that there is one ultimate moral principle namely the Principle .

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