Utilitarianism is an approach to morality by having the overall theory that morality is
concerned with the promotion of the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of
people. This theory believes that an action is morally good if it gives the greatest amount of
happiness, and morally wrong if it does not give the greatest amount of happiness. This theory
also judges people by their actions instead of their intentions when deciding if their action was
morally right or not. When trying to use Utilitarianism it is important to know that it has an
overall good abstract idea that everyone should receive the most amount of happiness possible,
which sounds like a wonderful idea. The problem with this theory is that happiness is not
measurable, so you would never be able to measure out the amount of happiness that is being
given to each person.
The objectors to this theory believe that happiness cannot be the rational purpose of
