Summary
The principle of act utilitarianism is act that it is morally right if doing things is likely to ptoduce the greatest happiness over unhappiness to all affected by action than any alternative.
there are 3 propositions.First,things are to be judged wrong or right only by virtue of its consequences,nothing else matter.Second,the right conduct we consider is solely on the greatest amount of benefits over harms.The last proposition is that each person's happiness count the same.Form act utilitarianism's perspective,individuals'benefits or happiness are to be accumulated as evaluate in terms of their preference.
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The principle of act utilitarianism is /ar/ act /that it/x/ is morally right if doing /things/ is likely to ptoduce/sp/ the greatest happiness over unhappiness to all affected by /ar/ action than any alternative.
ReplyDeletethere/p/ are 3 propositions./p/First,things are to be judged wrong or right only by virtue of its consequences,nothing else matter/gr/.Second,/the right conduct we consider is/gr/ solely on the greatest amount of benefits over harms.The last proposition is that each person's happiness count the same./Form act utilitarianism's perspective,individuals'benefits or happiness are to be accumulated as evaluate in terms of their preference./?/
/Good. Difficult subject. The last sentence is unclear. Some of the other sentences are probably too close to the original. Careful with punctuation./
/Good. But not the best source to summarise.