PHIL 2020 : Exam 1
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Someone that is considered a utilitarian, or lives by. Utilitarianism is, someone who has the desire to bring out the most happiness from each and every outcome he or she does in their everyday lives. A fantastic example for this situation is, you are saving your money to treat yourself with a brand new car. You work, countless hours, pick up shifts, and work an excessive amount of over time. You finally have the money, but you have decided to take a quick look at the news, and find out that a family in your local community had a catastrophic event. A fire cracker was lit the night before and managed to find its" way to the attic, staring a fire. As a committed utilitarian, you decide to give not some but all of the extra (hard earned) money that was going to be used for the car you"ve been so desperately wanted for some time.
