Utilitarianism is the most common approach to business ethics as well because of the way it accounts for costs and benefits. The theory asserts that there are two types of utilitarian ethics ...

Despite such differences among utilitarians, however, most hold to the general principle that morality must depend on balancing the beneficial and harmful consequences of our conduct. While ...

They matter. But if the utilitarian is right, then consequences are all that matters. Is this correct? The main principle of utilitarian moral theory, the principle of utility, states that the ...

Utilitarianism is attractive to many engineers because in theory it implies the ability to quantify the ethical analysis and select for the optimal outcome (generating the greatest overall happiness ...

John Stuart Mill, the 19th-century moral philosopher who was its greatest protagonist, calls it the happiness principle ... that utilitarianism, “which still influences current ethical thought ...

"When something is different from us, we become utilitarian. But for ourselves, we observe Kantian principles," said Banaji. What do you think, Wired Science readers? Is our seemingly paradoxical ...

In this selection from The Elements of Moral Philosophy, James Rachels sketches what he thinks would be a satisfactory ethical theory. Although his theory has much in common with utilitarianism, it ...

They matter. But if the utilitarian is right, then consequences are all that matters. Is this correct? The main principle of utilitarian moral theory, the principle of utility, states that the ...