This, one assesses the rightness or wrongness of each individual action Generated if, in the above definition, we understand ≥actions≤ to mean Ways, according to which we get various species of utilitarianism. This general definition can be made more precise in various Tranquility, others with general well-being). (taken suitably generallyäsome theories equate this with pleasure, others with Goodness and badness of the consequences is measured in terms of ≥happiness≤ Utilitarianism is a type of teleological ethical theory where the
Those theories that claim that rightness and wrongness is an inherent featureįormer theories are called teleological because they look to the ≥end≤ ( telos ) of the action, whereas the others are called deontological. (and a few about John Stuart Mill) (Pelletier)īetween those ethical theories that judge the rightness or wrongness of actionsīy means of the goodness and badness of the consequences of the actions from Some comments and criticisms about Utilitarianism
