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Should our moral beliefs be based on the utilitarian principle of securing the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people?
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-- Introduction -- Should our moral beliefs be based on the utilitarian principle of securing the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people? In order to answer the question above, first of all it is necessary to clarify what utilitarian principle is. The utilitarian principle is one of many theories to answer the ethical nature of human being. Being of the most influential western philosophy thoughts, the utilitarian approach is defined as an ethical theory that holds that an action is right if it produces, or if it tends to produce, the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people affected by the action. Otherwise the action is wrong. (Business Ethics 1999) Utilitarianism is a philosophy which has been around for centuries, and is still active and popular in the modern world. It is important not only in philosophy itself, but also in areas such as economics, politics,...
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