John Stuart Mill's Theory Of Ethical Dilemmas

Moral Essay

Every action we do on a normal bases is either morally right, good to do and what immoral wrong, bad to do for humans is. The actions that are moral are ethical and should be followed. However, there actions and situations where the line of what's moral and what's immoral gets thin and unclear. These situations are ethical dilemmas, when you have to choice between 2 actions that are both morally not preferred. I was in a similar position the summer before I began my academic career at Morgan State University. My family and I had ordered food from a delivery app called UBER Eats. The food took over an hour to arrive. After calling the store and being assured that the food had been picked up by the driver, we became

In our text book, Ethics Theory and Issues, We have read numerous of philosophers that talk about the moral code of humans. This moral code is the bases of what humans should do to happy. Each phosphor has their own reasoning for why certain actions are moral and immoral. One philosopher in particular, John Stuart Mill, who deems an action’s moral worthiness by the happiness it creates. Mill’s theory is broken down into two aspects; act utilitarian’s that believe that each action should have its own review to see if it's moral or not based on the individual situation. While rule utilitarian’s believe that certain rules that dictate what's moral or immoral are universal and applies to everyone with no exceptions. In addition, the idea that act everyone can do it moral is a huge part of rule utilitarian’s. Therefore, Mill will argue that my act of lying was morally right if he views my case as an act utilitarian. The action of lying to protect my cousin may have made the outcome of the situation better. Mill states, “If some act of lying or stealing maximizes the good, act-utilitarianism will consider it to be obligatory (Ethics Theory and Issues, “John Stuart Mill (1806-1873): Revised Utilitarianism 127).” Mill will argue that by using an act-utilitarian approach you would need to examine whether telling a lie creates greater happiness than telling the truth or in my case keeping silent. Because it does, then it is morally right. If it did not, then it is morally wrong. However, if Mill choices to look at my situation as a rule utilitarian’s then he would most likely disagree with my lying. Mill states, “Here the question is not whether one’s individual act would maximize goodness, but whether goodness would be maximized if everyone did the act (Ethics Theory and Issues, “John Stuart Mill (1806-1873): Revised Utilitarianism 127).” In this version of a utilitarianism, what's most important is