PHIL 1010 : Tutorial Paper #1.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 1010
• Professor: Karyn Freedman

Document Summary

In the following i will argue that external preferences, when it comes to the utilitarian viewpoint, should not be counted in our utilitarian calculus. External preferences are goods and resources that we want for other people. Utilitarian"s do believe that in order to achieve happiness for the greatest amount of people we must maximize utility. External preferences may cause a form of prejudice and thus not allowing a maximized utility as a result. As stated above, if we calculate based on our external preferences we could be adding hate towards certain members of society. Think about this, if you are disliked in society for your race, sexual orientation, or for anything at all, what you receive completely depends on what people think of you. It doesn"t matter how hard you work, or how much money you have.