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Difference Between Absolutism And Utilitarianism

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Utilitarian moral theories evaluate the moral worth of action on the basis of the consequence such as; the amount of happiness that is produced by an action, for the individual undertaking the action. For example; treating someone utterly as a means and not as an end in themselves as it benefits you only and you are then happy. Moreover ‘Utilitarianism’ is a theory in normative where mill states ethics holding that the best moral action is the one that maximizes utility, the ‘utilitarian’ ethics are also based around how much utility and benefit would action provide you , whereas ‘Kant’s theory contradicts that and states is not the consequence of an action which shows the moral/ rightness and wrongness of an action, and because of this
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