Utilitarianism accepts and justifies actions and decisions on the basis of their positive consequences and outcomes, but there are many moral values that are valuable independently of their consequences. This limitation is one of the major weaknesses of utilitarianism.
QUESTION10
One of the limitations of utilitarianism regards the practical difficulty in assessing and predicting future outcomes of a given action. Obviously, we cannot predict all the future consequences of an action. Most utilitarian philosophers, therefore, believe that consequences of an action can be estimated by general rules or patterns of human conduct. That means only morally relevant and significant consequences of an action can be considered in its utilitarian moral evaluation.
