Better place Quote by Torbjorn Tannsjo

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

— Sara Pascoe

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

“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

It is of note that even if utilitarianism has proved to be superior to deontology and the libertarian moral rights theory in the area…

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

“Utilitarians are often immensely conscientious people, who work for humanity and give up meat for the sake of the animals. They think this is…

— Bernard Williams

“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

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

Of course killing people is 'wrong', but I think history shows that sometimes it serves the greater good.

— Zach Braff

“I stand morally opposed to killing: war, executions, killing of the old and demented, the killing of children, unborn and born. . . .…

— Sister Helen Prejean

I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of society.

— Andrei Sakharov

The killing of a disabled person is not 'compassionate'. It is not 'euthanasia'. It is murder.

— Stella Young

To refrain from all injustice renders us also humane.

— Menander