moral issue: War, Terrorism, and Counter-terrorism

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Choose a contemporary moral issue in our society and apply the ethical principle of Utilitarianism to approve and be in favor of this moral issue. You must pick a moral issue that you strongly agree with and apply the utilitarian claims to back up your arguments. In addition, you must apply Bentham's Felicific Calculus. The paper must be done in MLA format with a minimum of 500 words (quotes are not included in the word count). You must use at least 3 sources from LIRN, in our library.


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Not applying Utilitarianism or the Felicific Calculus results in an automatic F. Utilitarianism is the ethical theory that the moral worth of an action is only determined by its contribution to overall utility . It is thus a form of consequentialism , meaning that the moral worth of an action is determined by its outcome-the ends justifies the means.


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Utilitarianism and Felicific Calculus on Religious Terrorism
Felicific Calculus refers to the degree of pleasure an action can create. This paper will
seek to take sides on terrorism, utilitarianism and felicific calculus. Terrorism especially
religious terrorism is purposeful to terrorists because they perceive that the countries and
victims of the countries they attack deserve the punishment they receive. Non-terrorists fail to
understand that terrorism is a calculated move with loss of life as the ultimate price to pay.
The degree of pleasure terrorism creates is the pain the victims of the terrorists attack garner
after life and property is lost Grand, (Sue pg, 670). The utilitarianism of religious terrorism is
when the terrorists’ faith in t...


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