Utilitarianism

Using the utilitarian ethical theory, we will demonstrate the consequences of beauty pageants.

Using a scale of 1-10, one being least happy and 10 being most happy.

	Child Beauty Pageants	Teen Beauty Pageants	Adulthood Beauty Pageants	Total
Child	4	3	3	10
Mom	10	8	8	26
	No Beauty Pageants	Teenage Years	Adulthood
Child	10	9		28
Mom	10	8	8	26

• This shows that children, who are in pageants, are only happy for a portion of the time, usually when they win. 
• By the time the child reaches teenage years and adult hood, they are unhappy, because of stress, and body dissatisfaction. 
• Meanwhile, the mothers who have beauty queens feel happy that their child is a winner, and continues to feel that way throughout their life. 
• The mothers are using their children to feel happiness, which is unethical.
• On the other hand, children who grow up outside of the beauty pageant lifestyle, grow up to be happy, and well adjusted, and their mothers are happy because their child is happy, which is a healthy ethical relationship.