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What is Utilitarianism? Utilitarianism defines a morally right act as being one, which creates the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people. It seems simple and quite understandable but this is not the case and in fact, utilitarianism can become very complicated at times. Utilitarianists believe in judging an act according to it's outcome i.e. happiness. If the majority are happy then the act, whether it be legal or illegal, is automatically redeemed right. The minority in any case is not considered whether it is minute or a large. Jeremy Bentham was the founder of utilitarianism. He was born in London on February the 15th 1748. Bentham claimed he could determine a morally right act by using the rules of utility. The rule being ' A morally right act is one, which creates the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people.' Bentham believed that people pursued...

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