Areas Quote by Torbjorn Tannsjo

Utilitarianism condones killing of innocent human beings, even murder, if it makes the world a better place.

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

The problem I see with utilitarianism, or any form of consequentialism, is not that it gets the wrong answers to moral questions. I think…

— Allen W. Wood

Utilitarianism is a philosophy from the olden days exploring the idea that whatever is best for the majority is the fairest.

— Sara Pascoe

The death of a single human being is too heavy a price for the vindication of any principle, however sacred.

— Daniel Berrigan

“Utilitarianism: If we Britiash were Utilitarians we would have to believe that imprisoning the innocent and torturing suspects was justified if the Home Secretary…

— William Donaldson

To be a utilitarian means that you judge actions as right or wrong in accordance with whether they have good consequences. So you try…

— Peter Singer

“The primitive idea of justice is partly legalized revenge and partly expiation by sacrifice. It works out from both sides in the notion that…

— George Bernard Shaw

As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the victims of murder and assassination, I stand firmly and unequivocally opposed to the death penalty…

— Coretta Scott King

For me, the ethical arguments that resonate strongest are the ones that oppose the death penalty.

— Reid Hoffman

At bottom, the battle has been waged on moral grounds. The country has debated whether a society for which the dignity of the individual…

— William J. Brennan

Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia have been profound ethical issues confronting doctors since the birth of Western medicine, more than 2,000 years ago.

— Ezekiel Emanuel

The Consequentialist trinity is typically regarded in this way: Bentham is crude, Mill's writings are full of howlers and inconsistencies, and Sidgwick was too…

— Dale Jamieson