Doing Good according to Utilitarianism

Abstract

The objective of this article was to study doing good according to Utilitarianism. The methodology was based on the qualitative approach by studying and compiling information from all related documents and research papers. The results showed as follows. 1. Doing good according to Utilitarianism of Jeremy Bentham was to mainly seek for self-interest. He believed that when humans obtained their full self-interest, they would make interest for others later. This deemed the by-product from supporting self-interest, so it was Egoism. 2. Doing good according to Utilitarianism of John Stuart Mill was to mainly seek for public interest. Mill believed that “Society between equals can only exist on the understanding that the interests of all are to be regarded equally”, so it was Altruism.