One of the strengths of Utilitarianism is that it allows us…

Question Answered step-by-step One of the strengths of Utilitarianism is that it allows us… One of the strengths of Utilitarianism is that it allows us (actually, it requires us) to consider the context of a situation before we act. We are not bound to absolute, inflexible moral laws; rather, right actions are those which promote happiness and decrease suffering.Sounds good, right? Well, one of the major criticisms of Utilitarianism is that the basic theory would potentially allow someone to murder another person and harvest their organs to save the lives of others. To think of this action as “ethical” sounds strange to us! Is this a problem for Utilitarianism, or is the problem really with how we ordinarily think of ethical situations like this? Should we adapt to Utilitarianism, or should we make Utilitarianism adapt to our intuition that murder is always wrong? Arts & Humanities Philosophy PHIL 251 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)