Applying Utilitarianism

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Applying Utilitarianism There are many cases where a person can think that by doing something good; it will help people, but they do not realize in the process of doing this what the outcomes could it be. Neher and Sandin (2007) mentioned that the ethical or right action is the one that results in the greatest good for the greatest number. Rightness or wrongness is determined by the totaling the positive and negative outcomes of an action, and the one that produces the highest score of positives over negatives is the most ethical, or right thing, to do (p. 60). For instance, the presidential election is an excellent example of how candidates promise things to help people. For example, when they promised to people that they are going to create

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