Utilitarianism is defined as the right way to act is one that maximizes your happiness (pleasure and happiness are the absence of pain) while the wrong way is one that produces the opposite, that is, pain. Unhappiness here is defined as pain or the opposite of happiness. This is the basis of utilitarianism or what Mill calls the “greatest happiness principle” and is the best ethical theory that human beings should follow. The argument in support of the above is as follows:(1) Human beings need a way to evaluate whether their actions are right or wrong(2) Right and wrong are defined as that which promotes happiness (pleasure) or pain (unhappiness)______________________________________________________________________________________(3) Therefore, we judge our actions whether they are moral or immoral by the amount of happiness they create (a good action) or wrong if they create pain and suffering (unhappiness)-----UtilitarianismI would like the reader understood this need to evaluate our action is not necessarily a conscious and deliberate action that we take, but more from a philosophical question when we discuss ethics and which ethical theory is best. Also, I used the word pleasure above, but here pleasure does not strictly refer to our bodily sensation but more to our satisfaction and well-being like what Mill discussed “intellectual pleasures”. This does not mean that the pleasure here is not hedonistic in nature in the sense in which the word is used, but rather an extension of the term. Finally, to clarify for the reader, the opposite of happiness is not sadness; it is in fact unhappiness or pain. Furthermore, the words ethical and moral are used interchangeably. The argument presented above can be extended as follows(1) There is no...... middle of the paper... the interested parties are always different. This explains the paradox above about how two people commit the same action and one is deemed moral and the other immoral. The question of precedence, however, is irrelevant because there is an agreed upon standard of actions throughout history that is unethical, such as killing children. What is being referred to here are the daily decisions and actions we must take and not the objective morality that all ethical theories are likely to agree on (this is speculative). To address the second part of the objection, the reader must understand that in everyday situations where a decision needs to be made, we almost unconsciously evaluate what the ramifications of our actions are, it is part of our nature to look for things that as Mill calls “desirable as end” .