Act VS Rule Utilitarianism
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- Created on: 01-10-19 11:41
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- Act VS Rule Utilitarianism
- Main points
- In nature there is pleasure or pain
- Humans are motivated by procuring pleasure and avoiding pain
- In nature there is pleasure or pain
- Jeremy Bentham- Act Utilitarianism
- J.S Mill- Rule Utilitarianism
- Rejected Bentham's simplistic view of pleasure as happiness is complex
- Wanted to improve Utilitarianism
- Replaced the Hedonic Calculus with the 'logic of practice'
- Wanted to improve Utilitarianism
- Rejected the idea that all pleasures are the same
- Higher pleasures- involve human progress and intellectual engagement
- Rejected Bentham's simplistic view of pleasure as happiness is complex
- Differences between both theories
- Main points
- Hedonic Calculus
- Test for calculating whether an action is ethical or not
- Duration- of the sensation (how long it lasts)
- Extent- of the sensation (the number of people affected)
- Intensity- of the sensation
- Certainty- of the sensation ( how definite it is that it'll result in pleasure)
- Propinquity- proximity of the situation to the individual
- Purity- of the sensation (if it's not followed by pain)
- Intensity- of the sensation
- Certainty- of the sensation ( how definite it is that it'll result in pleasure)
- Propinquity- proximity of the situation to the individual
- Purity- of the sensation (if it's not followed by pain)
- Purity- of the sensation (if it's not followed by pain)
- Propinquity- proximity of the situation to the individual
- Certainty- of the sensation ( how definite it is that it'll result in pleasure)
- Intensity- of the sensation
- Purity- of the sensation (if it's not followed by pain)
- Propinquity- proximity of the situation to the individual
- Certainty- of the sensation ( how definite it is that it'll result in pleasure)
- Test for calculating whether an action is ethical or not
- Duration- of the sensation (how long it lasts)
- Extent- of the sensation (the number of people affected)
- Extent- of the sensation (the number of people affected)
- Duration- of the sensation (how long it lasts)
- Intensity- of the sensation
- Extent- of the sensation (the number of people affected)
- Duration- of the sensation (how long it lasts)
- Test for calculating whether an action is ethical or not
- Completely relativistic- no set rules to follow
- Teleological
- Jeremy Bentham- Act Utilitarianism
- Rejected Bentham's simplistic view of pleasure as happiness is complex
- Wanted to improve Utilitarianism
- Replaced the Hedonic Calculus with the 'logic of practice'
- Wanted to improve Utilitarianism
- Unlike Bentham- believed human rights go hand in hand with happiness
- Developed the principle of universalizability
- Overall individual happiness is better for society than the oppression of minorities
- Developed basic principles to be followed to create a condition for happiness to flourish
- J.S Mill- Rule Utilitarianism
- Rejected the idea that all pleasures are the same
- Higher pleasures- involve human progress and intellectual engagement
- Rejected the idea that all pleasures are the same
- J.S Mill- Rule Utilitarianism
- Developed the principle of universalizability
- B; Focused on the individual M: focused on aggregate of individual happiness
- B: System of Hedonic Calculus based on experience M: System of application of logic
- B: All pleasures are the same M:they are higher/lower
- B: Quantity of happiness is important M: Quality is important
- Differences between both theories
- B: Quantity of happiness is important M: Quality is important
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