Therefore, relying on the pleasures and pains of utilitarianism, fulfilling the duties of deontology and following the ideals established in virtue ethics by great philosophers including Aristotle, St. 'Aquinas and Confucius, morality forms the foundation of a person's ability to achieve happiness, thus relating morality to happiness. Utilitarianism believes in the greatest happiness principle. He states that “actions are right insofar as they tend to promote happiness, wrong insofar as they tend to produce the opposite of happiness” (Boss, 389). In this sense, actions are based on your morals or the virtues you believe you practice in your daily life. In the case of utilitarianism in general, your individual actions are governed by whether it creates more good for you or the group concerned. In other words, an action is morally right depending on how much happiness it promotes. A great example would be to punch or tickle your child. If a person punches the child, it will cause him great pain and make him sad and sad
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