Utilitarianism Sample
a. Utilitarianism - During the incident, people were openly criticizing the government for
their inability to rescue the people or prevent this from happening. Aggressive as it may
be, this is still moral for the end goal was for the sake of the masses. Netizens who had
boosted the posts were also acting upon morality as it is their responsibility to act upon
what they have seen and even if social media may not be the conventional way to
organize rescue efforts, people must forgo formality in order to reach the best
conclusion which is to save as many people as possible. The rescuers response is an
example of Rule Utilitarianism instead of Act Utilitarianism because they still acted upon
a rule that rescuers must only act if it is deemed safe for them to do so to avoid more
fatalities and maximize utility.
