... the governance of two sovereign masters- pain and pleasure whereby we as human beings avoid pain and always seek pleasure thus they determine our every action and thus an action whose consequences brings the greatest happiness is seen as moral if not then it is immoral. This, according to utilitarianism an action such as a society 'punishing' an innocent person to prevent panic in the community is deemed as morally right in that in the long run the greatest number of people in society will be happy i.e. due to the act of punishing the poor innocent fellow, calm would prevail. Utilitarianism is further divided/ categorised in tow. i.e. i. Act Utilitarianism ii. Race Utilitarianism Act Utilitarianism This states that 'in general or where it is practicable, one is to tell what is right or obligatory by trying to see which of the actions open to him will or is likely to produce ...

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