James Rachels: The debate over Utilitarianism
February 22, 2010
In this content, I will just be telling or I will just be sighting example. For me, the overall story of utilitarianism is all about happiness. This is the start of the story. I have a friend who is so much in love with this girl. With his love for that girl, he was doing all his best just to court that girl. Examples of his doings are treating the girls to a fine dining restaurant, giving gifts which are too expensive, following whatever the girl says or whatever the girl commands and many more. With that love and with whatever the boy does, for me it is not love anymore. It is obsession. Why obsession? It is because the boy is becoming a follower of that said girl. He follows whatever the girl says or commands, which for me is definitely wrong or incorrect. We can follow them, for as long as it is not abusing. It does not degrade the capability of a man or a boy. For me, there is no love and definitely there will be no happiness in there. I know that the boy is happy and in love, but how about the girl? Is she really happy? Or is she just enjoying due to the benefits that she gets from the guy? I think that was really wrong. There is no happiness in there as related to the story until the part of the debate. In life, we should know when things are to be done in a correct manner. We should know that and treat others fairly.
