Utilitarianism
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- Created on: 13-01-18 16:21
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- Utilitarianism
- The principle of utility
- The greatest happiness for the greatest number is the measure of right and wrong
- Seek pleasure and avoid pain
- Uses the human instinct to seek pleasure but applies a democratic principle
- The Hedonic Calculus
- calculates the balance of pleasures against pain
- 7 factors that have to be taken into account
- The quality of happiness
- Higher pleasures
- Superior and more valuable
- Lower pleasures
- Provide powerful gratification but overindulging brings pain
- Higher pleasures
- Act Utilitarianism
- Approaching each action indiviudally
- Dynamic and immediate quality
- Always seeks to maximise the greatest utility in every situation
- Takes the human drive towards well-being seriously
- Rule Utilitarianism
- more focused on establishing common good
- Set up rules that will generally maximise the greatest good
- Provides a guide for people meaning they do not have to work out each action
- Qualitative or quantitative approach to measuring well-being
- The principle of utility
- 4. Propinquity
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