Bentham's Theory Of Utilitarianism.
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- Bentham's Utilitarianism Theory.
- Teleological vs. Deontological.
- Teleological
- Utilitarianism- A philosophical system concerned with consequences rather than motives and in which the happiness of the greatest number should be the result
- Situation Ethics- The moral theory proposed by Joseph Fletcher which requires the application of love to every unique situation.
- Deontological
- Kantian ethics- Immanuel Kant consisting of the idea of the categorial imperative or the belief that certain commands should be followed universally.
- Natural Law- Aquinas' ethical system from Aristotle, in which good is defined by acts which are within our common human nature.
- Teleological
- Absolutism
- -Believe that there are moral truths that are fixed for all time and all people.
- -That moral actions are right and wrong within themselves irrespective of culture, circumstances or opinion.
- - Follow the good and avoid evil.
- - Absolutist acts can be teleological or deontological.
- Relativism
- - Believe that moral truth varies depending on culture, time, place or religion.
- - That there is no fixed moral reality that applies to everyone, or if there is, it cannot be found.
- - They believe that morals are subjective to culture, religion, time and place.
- Jeremy Bentham
- He is primarily known today for his moral philosophy, especially his principle of utilitarianism, which evaluates actions based on consequences.
- The overall happiness created for everyone affected by the action.
- Democracy, the industrial revolution and technology developing played a key role in his theory. Bentham was concerned with the workers and social change.
- He famously held a hedonistic account of both motivation and value according to which what is fundamentally valuable and what ultimately motivates us is pleasure and pain.
- He was the founder of utilitarianism, which evaluates actions based upon their consequences. The overall happiness created for everyone affected by the action. 'Hedonistic' ultimately motivates us in pleasure and pain.
- "The greatest happiness principle" moral theory.
- Utilitarianism
- Educated happiness with pleasure and the absence of pain.
- "It is for the alone to paint out what we ought to do as well as to determine what we shall do"
- Three parts of the theory.
- 1) Motivation - His view on what drove human beings and what goodness and badness is about.
- Act Utilitarianism according to which the rightness or wrongness of individual acts are calculated by the amount of happiness resulting from the act.
- This links to motivation, hedonism is the pursuit of pleasure, motivated by pleasure. Bentham observed children which showed that they are motivated by pleasure.
- This links to motivation, hedonism is the pursuit of pleasure, motivated by pleasure. Bentham observed children which showed that they are motivated by pleasure.
- Act Utilitarianism according to which the rightness or wrongness of individual acts are calculated by the amount of happiness resulting from the act.
- 2) The principle of utility - Usefulness which is Bentham's moral rule.,
- 3) The hedonic calculus - which is his system of measuring how good or bad a consequence is.
- The Hedonic Calculus - Remoteness, purity, richness, intensity, certainty, extent and duration.
- 1) Motivation - His view on what drove human beings and what goodness and badness is about.
- Educated happiness with pleasure and the absence of pain.
- Teleological vs. Deontological.
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