Kantian Ethics vs.Utilitarianism

Both Kantian Ethics and Utilitarianism are two of the most well know conceptions on human nature and how we as human beings should go about living our lives. Kantian ethics is what defines us as a person is our rationality and autonomy.  While Utilitarianism is what defines us as persons is our ability to express pain and pleasure.  

Kantian Ethics and Utilitarianism have strong cores and there purpose is very clear.  However, Utilitarianism is the more plausible theory out of the two.  Utilitarianism central idea is “Always act in the way that generates the greatest amount of happiness for everyone affected”.  This idea is extremely similar to the golden rule, which is “Treat others the way you want to be treated”, which is a moral that many people live by including myself.  In Utilitarianism actions are right to the extent that they promote happiness and wrong to the extent that they promote unhappiness.  This means that the core of this theory is to always have happiness and to only express and hold pleasure rather then pain.  The morality for utilitarian’s is to only intake pleasure and to not express any sort of pain.  That you should not privilege your own happiness over the happiness of others.  Which therefore represents that in Utilitarianism equality and respect play a huge factor in the theory, which seems more plausible.  This leads to the theory that if, all acts that minimize pain and maximize pleasure are morally accepted.  All acts of good are acts that minimize pain and maximize pleasure.   Therefore, all acts of good are morally accepted.