The critique of utilitarianism forms a crucial subplot in the complex analysis of social justice that John Rawls develops in his first book, A Theory of Justice. 1 The weaknesses of utilitarianism indicate the need for an alternative theory, and at many stages of the argument the test for the adequacy of the new theory that Rawls elaborates is whether it can be demonstrated to be superior to th...

abstract: comparison of justice in islam and utilitarianism this article is to explain and compare justice in islam and utilitarianism. first, it is pointed to difinition and necessary and divisions of justice in islam: justice is putting of everything in its suit place. because of being absoulatly complete of god, his commands and prohibitions are justicely. knowledge of all human needs and th...

We contribute to population ethics by proposing and axiomatizing rankdiscounted critical-level generalized utilitarianism (RDCLU). Population ethics is needed for evaluation of policies, e.g., concerning climate change, where population size depends on the chosen policy. We show that critical-level generalized utilitarianism and (a version of) critical-level leximin are the limits of RDCLU for ...

Utilitarianism is an ethical system. John Stuart Mill’s use of Utilitarianism to determine what is just and what is injustice may seem natural, but I will argue that the relationship between justice and ethics and the role that Utilitarianism might play in the development of ideas of justice is more complicated than it initially appears. Despite these difficulties, Utilitarianism’s consequentia...

Utilitarianism plays a central role in economics, but there is gap between theory, where utilitarianism dominant, and applications, monetary criteria are often used. For key difficulty to define how utilities should be measured compared. Drawing on Harsanyi’s (1955) approach, we introduce new normalization of ensuring that: (i) transfer from rich population poor welfare enhancing, (ii) populati...

This Essay offers a utilitarian perspective on Martha Nussbaum’s theory of justice. Nussbaum believes that society should guarantee to every individual a threshold level of central human capabilities. Although Nussbaum’s approach has considerable appeal, it is implausible and unappealing when it diverges greatly from utilitarianism. Nussbaum’s theory requires that enormous sums of money be devo...

A layered approach to the evaluation of action alternatives with continuous time for decision making under the moral doctrine of Negative Utilitarianism is presented and briefly discussed from a philosophical perspective. Key words-negative utilitarianism; decision making; Maximin; Expected Utility Theory; Precautionary Principle;