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Explain the main differences between Act and Rule Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is a theory, which first became widely acknowledge when it was adopted by its greatest advocate Jeremy Bentham. It is a theory that maintains that it is an action's total consequence that determines its moral correctness. It is a theory not concerned with the effects of the action on the individual carrying out the action, but instead the effect it has on everybody affected by …

…situations where the theory of Utilitarianism should be applied, but only if it does not contradict our instinctive believes on what is right and wrong. I believe the list of contradicting situations, to the rule that the theory of Utilitarianism should always be applied, would too long to say that Utilitarianism in practice has a great use in moral decision-making; yet it is our innate desire to do good that inspires us in moral dilemmas.