Movie Review Blood Work Terry - 1319 Words

In the movie Blood work Terry, played by Clint Eastwood, underwent a heart transplant in which the heart he received came from a donor who was murdered. The sister of the murdered woman went out to find who had her sister’s heart and came to the conclusion that it was Terry. Confronting Terry about the situation and story of her sister being murdered, she asked Terry if he could help find out who murdered her sister since he was a well-known very skilled ex-cop. Terry agreed to help since after all her sister had died which in turn saved his life by getting a new heart that came from her and so he thought it was a good way to give back and give the sister some closure. If a utilitarian were to evaluate Terry’s character conduct they†¦show more content†¦To conclude the utilitarian calculation, I feel as if Terry’s happiness is less than that of the sister’s happiness. When something is causing more pain than pleasure it is not demonstrating the pr inciple of utility. John Stuart Mill defines happiness as having an absence of pain where there is pleasure. Since Terry is enduring some pain along with some pleasure it is clear that he is not in a state of happiness, according to John Stuart Mill, since pain is not completely absent. â€Å"According to Mill, ‘good’ means happiness, and happiness means pleasure and the absence of pain; the ‘greatest number’ includes not only human beings but all creatures capable of feeling pleasure and pain† (Abel Fifty Readings in Philosophy 358). On the other hand, John Stuart Mill had a response to the Doctrine worthy only of swine stating that, ‘the kind (quality) of pleasure matters as well as the amount (quantity) of pleasure to utilitarian’s’ (Class notes). This being said, Terry could be said to have happiness due to the fact that the quality and quantity both matter equally and it is not just about having pleasure with