This document discusses utilitarianism and ethical dilemmas from a utilitarian perspective. Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that determines the moral value of an action based on its consequences. The action that produces the greatest benefit or happiness for the greatest number of people is considered the most ethical option according to utilitarian thinking. When facing an ethical dilemma, utilitarians would choose the option that results in the greatest overall happiness in a society or group, even if it requires sacrificing some individuals' happiness. The document also references John Stuart Mill's view that utilitarian morality recognizes people's ability to sacrifice their own interests for the benefit of others.

1. Reasonableness
and the Mountain
Terrorist Exercise
(a) I would take the gun and kill
a villager in order to save
nineteen

2. UTILITARIANISM
Utilitarian ethical theories
are based on one’s ability to
predict the consequences of
an action. To a utilitarian,
the choice that yields the
greatest benefit to the most
people is the one that is
ethically correct.

3. Utilitarianism concerns itself with
consequences. It claims that the
moral value of an action is "colored"
by its results. The harm test, which
asks us to choose the least harmful
alternative, encapsulates or
summarizes this theoretical
approach. The basic principle of
utilitarianism is the principle of
utility: choose that action that
produces the greatest good for the
greatest number.

4. Ethical
Dilemma
Utilitarianism would say
that an action is right if it
results in the happiness of
the greatest number of
people in a society or a
group.

5. There are so many approaches that we may take in
making a decision that has different horns of a
dilemma. Look and find the purpose of morality
and accountability of a man agent, in order to
conclude or jump in an outcome of general
situation. Analyzing a scenario is one of the
hardest stage of criticizing and perceiving the
moral dilemma that tends us to choose what's best
for the greatest amount of people and good things,
rather than one’s curiosity. It leads us to decide
quickly and recognize the power of sacrificing
their own greatest good for the others and includes
in utilitarian morality.

6. “The utilitarian morality does recognise in human
beings the power of sacrificing their own greatest
good for the good of others. It only refuses to admit
that the sacrifice is itself a good. A sacrifice which
does not increase, or tend to increase, the sum total
of happiness, it considers as wasted.”
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—JOHN STUART MILL, U

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