Act and Rule Utilitarianism
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- Created on: 05-05-15 10:07
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- Act Utilitarianism
- Associated with Bentham and use of his hedonic calculus
- Bentham thought that previous experiences did not always help us make moral choices
- favours the individual situations more than cases for the majority.
- Each situation was different so had to be calculated afresh.
- Rule Utilitarianism
- Associated with Mill's utilitarianism.
- Mill thought that previous experiences did help us make decisions
- Human beings have already developed some rules which help them make decisions quickly
- However Mill viewed these rules as more helpfull than obligatory
- Rule Util Considers the consequences of past actions to form a rule to guide a present action
- For example you wouldn't have to use the hedonic calculus to figure out that giving money to the poor is a good thing to do
- Associated with Mill's utilitarianism.
- Associated with Bentham and use of his hedonic calculus
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