moral choices are personal preferences
Hold the belief that human well-being is good and that action be judged by the effect on this well-being.
Jesus said that people should treat people how they would like to be treated.
Motives may be good or bad but the consequences have the real effect on the human well-being.
Principle encourages domocratic appoach to desision making. Majority interest always dominates the minority interest but both are considered.
The Princplie treats each situtional as an unquie case and should not be compared.
the theory is straight forward and is based on the single principle of minimsing pain and maximising pleasure and happiness. It a system aiming to create a happier life for both individual and groups.
The consequentialism is a strength as it is only natural for us to weight the consequences.
It relates to actions whihc can be observed in the real world. (e.g. giving to a charity to promtoe happiness for the poor people and cruelty being condemmed as bad.).
With the theory accepting the universal principle, it is essential for any ethical system as it is important to go beyond your own personal point of view.
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