#2 Identify the Action- The action would be me buying a new video game, or shirt I like instead of donating to the Humane Society, a charity which has a lot of meaning.
Consequences to the Action- When I buy a new game or a piece of clothing, etc it makes me happy, for a moment. If I had used my money more wisely and donated to the charity that would also make me happy, and not only me, but the charity itself and the animals I would be helping. But I did not donate, thus my action prodces both happiness and unhappiness. I am happy that I bought myself something I like, but unhappy that I could have saved an animal if I had used my money more wisely. The Charity, while doesn't know I didn't donate recently would also produce a form of unhappiness because they need people to donate to help save these poor animals and give them good homes.
Evaluate the Consequences of the action using Bentham-
1. Number - One person was made happy momentarilty in this scenario and it was myself. When I chose not to donate to the charity, while no one knew, it still got affected negatively. When they lose out on that money, it make it harder to save the animals and take care of them properly. So I guess you could say, overall unhappiness out weighs happiness. While …show more content…
I was happy to buy my material objects for no other reason than that I wanted them and I will use them. I was unhappy because while buying these things I always think to myself, " could I be using this money for other things"? If I had donated to the charity, for me that would have bee using my money more wisely and for a much better cause. So it's a bit like a double edged sword, I enjoy some material objects, they make me happy momentarilty, but I also get a sense of guiolt when I induge in these types of objects. Thus, I knew this action would produce happiness and
Consequences to the Action- When I buy a new game or a piece of clothing, etc it makes me happy, for a moment. If I had used my money more wisely and donated to the charity that would also make me happy, and not only me, but the charity itself and the animals I would be helping. But I did not donate, thus my action prodces both happiness and unhappiness. I am happy that I bought myself something I like, but unhappy that I could have saved an animal if I had used my money more wisely. The Charity, while doesn't know I didn't donate recently would also produce a form of unhappiness because they need people to donate to help save these poor animals and give them good homes.
Evaluate the Consequences of the action using Bentham-
1. Number - One person was made happy momentarilty in this scenario and it was myself. When I chose not to donate to the charity, while no one knew, it still got affected negatively. When they lose out on that money, it make it harder to save the animals and take care of them properly. So I guess you could say, overall unhappiness out weighs happiness. While …show more content…
I was happy to buy my material objects for no other reason than that I wanted them and I will use them. I was unhappy because while buying these things I always think to myself, " could I be using this money for other things"? If I had donated to the charity, for me that would have bee using my money more wisely and for a much better cause. So it's a bit like a double edged sword, I enjoy some material objects, they make me happy momentarilty, but I also get a sense of guiolt when I induge in these types of objects. Thus, I knew this action would produce happiness and