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John Stuart Mill: The Train To The Right Killing One Person

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I think I will divert the train to the right killing one person because one person is less important than five. Sometimes it is important to do what is right than what is morally good to do. The utilitarianism is a moral theory that gives happiness to the number of people in the society and it has been considered greatness, an action is morally appropriate if its outcomes lead to happiness and wrong if it results in sadness. I will begin by describing what Mill might do in the Trolley situation. Next, I will contrast what Kant might do in this situation and lastly, I will be also going to give my opinion on this Trolley situation.
The John Stuart Mill would probably want me to pull the lever and changes the train route to the right, so I can save five peoples life just by killing one person. Mill thinks happiness is link with morality and the result that can minimize the damage, it’s something that Mill would advise others to do because killing five men instead of one can be a tragic mistake according to him. As he says “Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. Mill defines happiness as pleasure and the absence of pain. He argues that pleasure can differ in quality and quantity”. It proves that Mill thinks pleasure is good and pain is bad for everybody, people should spread the happiness …show more content…

What Kant means here is that we all should treat people equally and we should not use people as an object, but rather perceive the natural nobility and value that we have. So, you can see that he is primarily concerned about and he would probably conclude that I

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