Happiness is a fundamental goal and everything that an individual does, should be perceived as a contribution to the ultimate goal of achieving вЂњnot the agentвЂ™s own greatest happiness, but the greatest amount of happiness altogetherвЂќ. That segment of his work supports the notion of accepting the current вЂњordersвЂќ of the city. By happiness are intended pleasure, and the absence of painвЂќ. As a result of what John Stuart Mill implies in his work: вЂњThe 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, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.

To begin with, when approaching the case from a utilitarian perspective the terms of prosperity, beauty, and delight would be ethically accepted and fully supported by the authority of myself as a leader. Additionally, as the newly elected вЂќleaderвЂќ of Omelas, I discuss the importance of the significance being morally valued, supporting KantвЂ™s philosophy and shape the idea of the importance of bursting the bubble of happiness finding the real happiness within us, as well as our deeply rooted morals, without being influenced by other factors. Therefore, through the work of Mill and Bentham is explained the understanding of utilitarianism, in terms of morality, and a vast contrast is made with the work of Kant and its opposite understanding of it. Moreover, the two philosophical movements вЂ“ utilitarianism and deontology, have a crucial role in understanding which is the right way to accept morals within a seemingly happy environment. вЂњThe Ones Who Walk Away from OmelasвЂќ, a story unfolding many moral and ethical dilemmas, creating fundamentally important questions deep inside the reader, regarding the ethicality of the way people live in the city of Omelas.

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