CALCULATING CONSEQUENCES: THE UTILITARIAN APPROACH TO ETHICS
By: The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics (Santa Clara University)
- many of us use a type of moral resaoning in our daily decisions
- Utilitarianism offers a relatively straightforward method for deciding the morally right course of action for any particular situation we may find ourselves in
- we first identify the various courses of action that we could perform
- we choose the course of action that provides the greatest benefits after the costs have been taken into account
- Utilitarians also differ their views about the kind of question we ought to ask ourselves when making an ethical decision
- apparently utilitarianism cannot be the sole principle guiding our decisions
- utilitarianism is a powerful reminder that morality calls us to look beyond the self to the good of all
2. Winter 1989
3. Santa Clara University
4. Does not cite any sources, but has many authors.
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