Does the End justify the Means? From the philosophical theories of Niccolò Machiavelli and Immanuel Kant to the concept of utilitarianism, we explore various perspectives of this ethical conundrum.
Imagine you’re standing on a footbridge overlooking a railway track, and you see a trolley heading towards five workers who are tied to the tracks. You have a lever that…
One way in which utilitarianism differs from Kantian deontology is in its view of intention and consequences. We covered this in ‘Utilitarianism: Going for the best outcome.’ A follow-up question…
As we have seen in another post, for utilitarianism the value of acts and actions is based on their results. In the utilitarian world, it’s the results of actions that…
What matters, rather than intention, is the outcome of actions. We justify the value of our deeds only on their results, be they useful, beneficial, or detrimental. This is how…