Utilitarianism is a way of looking at ethics, it focuses on trying to ensure the maximum happiness in many different ways. There are many different forms of utilitarianism, the four I will discuss are act, rule, naive and preference utilitarianism. Rule utilitarianism tries to give the greatest overall benefit to society, the best rule/law of conduct is found and everyone is found an a rule utilitarian will follow it. However, this can cause problems …showed first 75 words of 662 total…

…showed last 75 words of 662 total…horrible as it would be, because it would have the good result of the world being saved. In my opinion, the best form of utilitarianism is Naive utilitarianism as it probably causes the least amount of suffering. However, all of these forms of utilitarianism exist in the world and are used to justify many decisions, good or bad. I disagree with utilitarianism as a way of ethics because its principles often overlook many vital facts.