Utilitarianism and Omelas Applying John Stuart Mill's "Utilitarianism" to Ursula Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"
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Through the course of this paper the author will try to demonstrate, depicting both sides of the argument, the reasons in which a follower of John Stuart Mill's "Utilitarianism" would disagree with the events taking place in Ursula Le Guin's "The One's Who Walk Away from Omelas."
"The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness,
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inflicted on the child, it is very plausible that the citizens of Omelas would eventually become so tolerant of violence that their version of the perfect world would allow violence, which would seemingly render the "perfect" city of Omelas in a flawed state. Bibliography - Le Guin, Ursula. "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." In The Twelve Wind's Quarters. New York: Haper & Row, 1975 Mill, John Stuart. "Utilitarianism." New York: Oxford University Press Inc., 1998
inflicted on the child, it is very plausible that the citizens of Omelas would eventually become so tolerant of violence that their version of the perfect world would allow violence, which would seemingly render the "perfect" city of Omelas in a flawed state. Bibliography - Le Guin, Ursula. "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." In The Twelve Wind's Quarters. New York: Haper & Row, 1975 Mill, John Stuart. "Utilitarianism." New York: Oxford University Press Inc., 1998