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Hedonistic Utilitarianism

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Introduction Can a rotten egg make a good Omelet? The end/means dilemma is an old and popular scenario. The answer to this question depends on what the type of goals or ends are and what means are being used to achieve them. Moreover, Gandhi, pioneer and a theorist of satyagraha said, “I feel that our progress towards the goal will be in exact proportion to the purity of our means”. Indeed, according to the Gandhian philosophy, the means and ends are like the two sides of the same coin. They are inseparable from each other. That is why, for example, Gandhi struggled whole life against British and never adopted the wrong means. I. Do ends ethically justify their means? Most people use the expression "the ends justify the means" as an excuse …show more content…

Therefore, this form of utilitarianism highlights that the most important is the happiness of everyone and not the happiness of any particular person. In order to explain this assertion, for example, take Hitler, if he has had conquered the Europe it would be a very good place to live for those who are Aryans, yet it would be terrifying for other people. It is make some suffer to make others prosper. I think correctly, that principles of this sort can have some pretty awful results because sometimes the greatest happiness of the greatest number involved disregarding the interests of a minority, even to the point of enslaving them or killing them This isn't the only objection to utilitarianism, but it’s an important and I believe a fatal …show more content…

For the Christian, there is no justifying immoral behavior, regardless of the outcome of it or the motivation for it. The Ten Commandments make it clear that stealing, lying, greed, murder, and adultery are unacceptable in God’s eyes and He makes no "escape clause" for rationalization or motivation. So, clearly, from God’s perspective, there are no ends that justify the means of breaking his law. Therefore, believer, have no reason whatsoever to break one of God’s commandments. Then, this assertion matches with Gandhi's words, “the Creator has given us control over means, none over the end". In order to explain this assertion, for example, a thief who justifies his stealing by claiming that it is done to help the poor, is a full-fledged criminal. Therefore, religion is one of the ways to justify means to

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