Contraception. In this essay I will be analysing and examining whether the use of condoms is acceptable through the different philosophies I have studied.

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Leatitia Teboh

Mr Strange

03/01/2012

Name: Leatitiae Teboh

Teacher: Mr Malcolm Strange

Subject: A2 RF

Word count: 1300 so far

Title:  Is the use of condoms acceptable?

Is the use of condoms acceptable?

Contraception or birth control is the term used for the prevention of pregnancy. Condoms are used to prevent pregnancy because of the outcome or the situations they find their selves in. Sex is pleasurable so to enjoy it without ending up being an unready or an inexperienced father or mother the use of condoms comes in by making it easier for the both parties to enjoy themselves successfully. In this essay I will be analysing and examining whether the use of condoms is acceptable through the different philosophies I have studied. I will be exploring the use of condom using the moral philosophical approaches like Utilitarianism, Deontology, Virtue ethics, Emotivism/prescriptivism, Natural law and Situation ethics to justify my approach on the use of condoms. In this essay from the moral ethical approaches I have just mentioned above will help me broke the use of condoms in the society in a more philosophical way giving all the advantages and disadvantages of why condoms should or should not be acceptable.

The theory of Utilitarianism was originated from John Mill and Jeremy Bentham in the 17th to the 18th century. Jeremy Bentham was born in 1748 and died in 1832 while John Stuart Mill was born in 1806 and died in 1873 (Ethical Studies Robert Bowie second edition page36). Utilitarianism is a philosophical theory of morality and "how one should act". It states that one should act so as to maximize the amount of happiness in the world. Utilitarianism is also defined as the greatest good for the greatest number with pain over pleasure, and is the opposite of deontological ethics, which state that actions can only be universal if they are done with duty or good intention. Bentham maintained that human beings were motivated by pleasure and pain, and so he can be called a hedonist (hedone is Greek for ‘pleasure’). He said ‘Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do’ (Bentham, 1789, Chapter I, I). Bentham believed that all human beings pursued pleasure and sought to avoid pain.

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In other to apply Utilitarianism philosophy to the concept of a condom we still have to remember what a condom is and what it’s used for. However in the contrary there are some Christian denominations like the Catholic Church that don’t accept the use of birth control because that the purpose of sex is for procreation not for pleasure and using condom is destruction to the natural process of life. Utilitarianism is based on teleological ethical theory, which is concerned with the end result or outcomes. Utilitarians would ask whether having to use a condom brings about the greatest good. ...

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