Question

1. Although for many people Utilitarianism seems reasonable, or benign, the Catholic Church sees it as a “perhaps the greatest danger to the Christian Business Leader”. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Please draw on material from both utilitarianism and Catholic Social Teaching to fully defend your argument.

Answer 1

Utilitarianism is a moral and ethical theory about the teachings that advocates and governs the actions that promote and spread overall happiness or pleasure or satisfaction and rejects actions that cause unhappiness or harm or dis satisfaction. A utilitarian philosophy, when directed to making political, economic, or social decisions, aims at providing those decisions which are for the betterment of society. "The greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people" is the ultimate moto of utilitarianism.

Although the another fact is that Catholic Church doesn't support Utilitarianism and calls it the greatest danger to the Christian Business Leader. It is because of the teachings in the catholic bible pf believing in redemptive suffering. Life isn't always about avoiding that which may cause suffering. One should embrace the cross and unite their suffering with the crucified Christ.

I don't agree with the teachings of the Catholic Church because of the reasons mentioned below:

1. Being it economical, social or political area, the first and foremost thing for any human is to increase its utility by any given product, situation or service. Thus, I believe in the concept of maximisation ot the the utility analysis that a person has the right to maximise his satisfaction from anything he/she is deriving that from.

2. The business first and main goal is to earn and maximise profits. Thus, the catholic approach of embracing the sacrifices doesn't match with that of the economical concept of maintaining and increasing the profits. A firm always tried to dodge off its threats and grab the opportunities. Thus, to create the market image of the organisation and earn adequate profits, a firm tries to follow the utilitarianism in this concept.

3. The last reason states the sustainability of the business. A business can't be sustained long enough about the future if in the present it is not dodging off the threats and grabbing the opportunities. Sustainability means continuity of the business which can only and only achieved by maintaining good ratio and market standing.