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can a utilitarian answer this(qn in the picture) and show that utility does give us the answer whichj we know nto be correct, and that those "other reasons", which seemed to be something other than utility, reality, really amount to utility? paper should be 3 paged in MLA thats all

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Final Paper Topic Philosophy 1301 Spring 2018 Due date: May 2/3, last day of class (No late papers) Utilitarianism will usually explain our decisions about right and wrong quite well. For instance a utilitarian could easily show how his theory demonstrates the immoral nature of an action like child molestation. The pedophile does gain some pleasure, but his victim suffers a life time of tragic consequences, which massively outweigh the gain to the molester. So total aggregate happiness is not increased and the action is therefore immoral according to their theory. However, imagine that you see a dangerously overweight child eating a triple-decker ice cream cone. Only a few feet away are three very poor, underfed and envious children. You decide to take the ice cream from the overweight child and give it to the three starving waifs. This seems like a win-win. The overweight child is momentarily unhappy but it is better for his health, for him not to eat that ice cream. The three poor children get a welcome treat that they would otherwise rarely get, and because of its rarity it will have no negative health effects for them. If, as it seems, this produces more happiness, then utility would seem to say this is the morally right thing to do. However we know that is not the right thing to do. We might give lots of reasons as to why it is wrong, but it's not obvious that those things would be utilitarian in nature. Can a utilitarian answer this and show that utility does give us the answer which we know to be correct, and that those other reasons', which seemed to be something other than utility, really amount to utility? General comments: This paper topic is somewhat more involved than the previous three. It requires you to run through several steps in the argument and could require a somewhat longer paper to adequately discuss it. You can either defend utilitarianism or criticise it. (In this case it is almost certainly much easier to defend it.) If you want to e-mail your paper you are welcome to do so, but do not wait until Monday morning of finals week. In addition to taking off grades for being late, I will turn grades in as early as I can on that Monday. If I don't have your paper by that time, you cannot pass the class. If you do it this way the burden is on you to make sure I get it. If the email gets lost; too bad. You can send them to: dhowie@dcccd.edu
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