Utilitarianism

The Three Theories of Justice Utilitarianism cannot be described in one sentence. For one to understand utilitarianism completely you would have to describe it in an essay format. However, to describe it very briefly, it can be described as how every person should aim toward producing the greatest possible balance of good rather than bad. This goes for everyone that is affected by whatever action is taking place. Three major steps can be made to …

…them do what they want to do to create happiness. Libertarianism, like utilitarianism, benefits everyone for the most part. Libertarianism benefits everyone until somebody does something to make themselves happy that makes somebody else not happy. Libertarians want a win-win world of peace and plenty. They believe that the only way to get it is through self-government. Rawlism on the other hand cannot be defined as benefiting everyone. Rawlism is simply an improvement of libertarianism.