Utilitarianism can refer to “A field of study, concerned with investigating what is good or right and how we should determine this. On this interpretation, ‘social research ethics’ means the study of what researchers ought and ought not to do, and how this should be decided. There are different theoretical frameworks about research ethics. Deontology is an ethical perspective that judges researchers’ actions according to some absolute/universal duties requiring certain types of action. Consequentialism is an ethical perspective that evaluates researchers’ actions according to their consequences. Utilitarianism is an ethical perspective that judges actions of researchers according to which they produce most happiness and/or utility for the participants. Epistemology and aesthetics are not related to research ethics.