Examples Of Cultural Utilitarianism
Introduction
Much like the idea of utilitarianism, my view on morality and ethics has to do with happiness, but not my personal happiness nor the happiness of others. My idea of morality is doing what makes God happy. I am a Christian, and my “moral compass” comes right from the Bible. Right and wrong are not subjective, they are not grey areas, and they are not up for debate. What God says is right is right, and what God says is wrong is wrong. This is why I absolutely detest the idea of Cultural Relativism. Under that philosophy, all forms of wickedness are not only justified, but are viewed as right. Murder, rape, theft, slavery, abuse, adultery, fornication and so forth, all of these could actually be considered moral if society says …show more content…
If you sin, there are consequences for immoral actions. Sin is a corruption, a pollution, a rotting of the soul. There is no debate if something is wrong or not; if it’s wrong, it’s absolutely wrong. Lying is never okay in any situation because lying is a sin, and sin causes corruption. There are no “little” sins, no “worse” sins, no “minor” sins; all sin is equally disgusting, repulsive, and destructive to a person’s soul. In this way, my viewed differ from utilitarianism. This view does have the sense of “do what makes you or the most people happy”, whereas my beliefs are “do what makes God happy”. God is not necessarily a popular topic in today’s society and obeying Him often leads to ridicule and persecution, even among my so called “friends”, so this belief of mine does not make those around me happy, but if my actions make God happy, that’s all I care about. Also, this theory does not take into account “individual integrity and personal rights” (DeLeece, Retrieved 2017), whereas Christianity does respect the rights of others. You have free will. You have the right to sin and do the wrong thing if you want to, but there will be consequences. You have the right to deny God if you want to, but there will be consequences. And, as utilitarianism would consider “executing an innocent person” in order to bring happiness to the greatest number of people, Christianity would never punish someone for a crime they didn’t commit nor consider the happiness of the crowd more important than what’s
Much like the idea of utilitarianism, my view on morality and ethics has to do with happiness, but not my personal happiness nor the happiness of others. My idea of morality is doing what makes God happy. I am a Christian, and my “moral compass” comes right from the Bible. Right and wrong are not subjective, they are not grey areas, and they are not up for debate. What God says is right is right, and what God says is wrong is wrong. This is why I absolutely detest the idea of Cultural Relativism. Under that philosophy, all forms of wickedness are not only justified, but are viewed as right. Murder, rape, theft, slavery, abuse, adultery, fornication and so forth, all of these could actually be considered moral if society says …show more content…
If you sin, there are consequences for immoral actions. Sin is a corruption, a pollution, a rotting of the soul. There is no debate if something is wrong or not; if it’s wrong, it’s absolutely wrong. Lying is never okay in any situation because lying is a sin, and sin causes corruption. There are no “little” sins, no “worse” sins, no “minor” sins; all sin is equally disgusting, repulsive, and destructive to a person’s soul. In this way, my viewed differ from utilitarianism. This view does have the sense of “do what makes you or the most people happy”, whereas my beliefs are “do what makes God happy”. God is not necessarily a popular topic in today’s society and obeying Him often leads to ridicule and persecution, even among my so called “friends”, so this belief of mine does not make those around me happy, but if my actions make God happy, that’s all I care about. Also, this theory does not take into account “individual integrity and personal rights” (DeLeece, Retrieved 2017), whereas Christianity does respect the rights of others. You have free will. You have the right to sin and do the wrong thing if you want to, but there will be consequences. You have the right to deny God if you want to, but there will be consequences. And, as utilitarianism would consider “executing an innocent person” in order to bring happiness to the greatest number of people, Christianity would never punish someone for a crime they didn’t commit nor consider the happiness of the crowd more important than what’s