Utilitarianism Philosophy The philosophy of utilitarianism, that is, the pursuit for happiness and satisfaction of the society, is an ideology that emerged in the 19th century, where the emergence of Industrial Revolution has led to the development of a capitalist society. A capitalist society subsists to the belief that society pursues an equal allocation of the basic needs and wants of people, and this belief developed as a result of the improvement of production of goods and services with the invention of machines, making production and manufacturing easier and faster. In line with this argument, it is indeed characteristics for a capitalist ideology that is utilitarianism to subsist to the belief that the supreme end of human behavior and action must be motivated to the achievement of the happiness and satisfaction for all (society).

In John Sparks' If Men Were Free to Try, the argument that a society that believes in free enterprise...

For Sparks, "continued progress... rests squarely upon a better understanding of the idea of individual freedom of choices and action, with personal responsibility..." Indeed, progress is an important concept in utilitarianism as a philosophical ideology and capitalism as the economic ideology in the onset of the 20th century. Progress is considered vital to capitalism because it allows people to have free exchange and marketing of, not only products and services, but ideas as well, wherein new discoveries that can lead to better living conditions in human society are formulated and developed. While free market of ideas leads to progress, the main thrust of utilitarian philosophy, is considered an advantage towards progress, government intervention, on the other hand, is considered otherwise. Sparks argue that government intervention inhibits individuals to freely exchange their…