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  • Essay / The theory of Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, and John Stuart Mill...

    The ethics of utilitarianism states that the action that is morally right is the action that produces the most good. As a proponent of this system of ethics, Mill believed that individuals should maximize the good and bring "the greatest good to the greatest number." Unlike virtue ethics and deontology, utilitarianism promotes agent neutrality, which means social happiness. “My good is no more important than that of others. Moreover, the reason why I should promote the general good is the same reason why anyone else should do it, hence promote the good. This is not peculiar to me” (Stanford Philosophy, “The History of Utilitarianism”). Neither the actions nor the outcome are important, as long as the outcome is happiness between individuals. Utilitarianism expresses the idea that individuals have the right to have a better life for