To Much of A Good Thing-THIS IS MY AP LANG BLOG

Utilitarianism is the philosophical belief that a morally good act produces the best results, always. As simple as this might sound, this has been the subject of numerous debates. For example, if there is good in the world, and we focus on that, is hedonism or Utilitarianism? For example, crack cocaine produces a "good" feeling, but is it really a good feeling if its slowly killing you? Or if the feeling has been entirely manufactured by a chemical formula? So putting it bluntly, no, pleasure by itself cannot be utilitarianism, their needs to be a little more than that. But neither can it just be doing what you feel is right, because intuition can mislead you. So basically, to be a Utilitarianist, you need to be creating goodness that is not the result of anything more than a good, decent act; and the act has to be one that not just you but everyone else agrees is the right thing to do. So by now the simplicity of Utilitarianism is lost, and is looking about as hopeless as a lapsed Calvinists prospects of Salvation. This is my problem with all philosophies-from YOLO to to much of a good thing is to much of a good thing. Eventually, problems are going to be caused by it. Firm believers in YOLO might find themselves arrested for partaking in pleasure via dealing and using heroin. And too much of a good thing is too much of a good thing is proven true by the fact that you can never have too much non-polluted breathable air. Yeah that last ones a bit of a stretch, but you know what I mean. So the problem with utilitarianism isn't that it's not good, its just that it's goodness is incalculable, because, honestly, who's to say what is right and wrong? This is why I confirm to the only philosophy I've found works most of the time-just do your best and try not to screw up. And it works. To some degree. Mostly.