Utilitarianism
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- Utilitarianism
- Jeremy Bentham
- 2) We can calculate any action that produces the most happiness
- 4) Quantity is most important of pain or happiness
- 1) Good or bad actions can be worked out to predicted results
- 3) Aim is to measure moral rules by the consequences
- 2) We can calculate any action that produces the most happiness
- J.S.Mill
- 1) Lower pleasures can be justified
- 2) Used to educate people for higher pleasure
- J.S.Mill
- 2) Higher pleasures have a higher moral worth
- 4) About following rules and and considering the consequences
- 1) Based on what is good
- 3) Based on certain rules that promote happiness
- 2) Higher pleasures have a higher moral worth
- Harm principle
- 2) All pleasures are not equal
- 1) It was always majority vs minority
- 3)Pleasures of the mind are superior physical pleas
- Hedonic Calculus (HC)
- 2) Duration
- 5) Fecundity
- 7) Extent of pleasure
- 4) Propinquity
- 6) Purity
- 5) Fecundity
- 1) Intensity
- 3) Certainty
- 2) Duration
- Criticisms of HC
- 1) Quantity vs quality
- 2) Always dependent on the consequences
- 3) Difficult to count what is happiness or pain
- Criticisms of Mill
- 1) Hard to decide between higher and lower pleasures
- 2) Not possible to rely on one moral principle
- R.M.Hare
- Preference UT
- 1) When making a right decision we should include the individuals opinion and feelings
- Preference UT
- Karl Popper
- Negative UT
- 1) The right thing to do is to promote the least amount of suffering
- Negative UT
- Jeremy Bentham
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