Utilitarianism Key notes
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- Created on: 06-06-18 10:37
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- Utilitarianism
- Utility
- The greatest good for the greatest number of people
- Hedonic calculus
- Duration
- Extent
- Intensity
- Remoteness
- Certainty
- Purity
- To be followed by- fecundity
- Calculating the benefit or harm of an act through its consequence
- Rule Utilitarianism (Mill)
- focused on the consequence of a rule
- Working to establish the common good
- creates rules that will generally maximise the greatest utility
- may involve individual pain for societal gain
- Act Utilitarianism (Bentham)
- Focused on the outcome of each individual act
- Balance of pain and pleasure in each situation
- No reference is made to any other moral decisions
- Quality VS Quantity
- Mill said that Mentham was to fussed about the amount of pleasure made when he should focus on the quality of the pleasure that's made
- Higher pleasures- intellectual Lower pleasures- senses and bodily
- Preference Utilitarianism (Singer)
- It's easier to measure preference than it is to measure pleasure
- It concentrates on minimising suffering
- Utility
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