Ethics module: Teleological ethics Utilitarianism
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- Created on: 15-03-22 06:13
Other questions in this quiz
2. who was utilitarianism created by?
- thomas hobbes
- jeremy bentham
- joseph fletcher
3. what was as a result of the principle of utility?
- a good action is one that creates happiness, a bad action is what creates pain.
- a good action is one that creates goodness, a bad action is what creates hurt.
4. who was john Stuart mills?
- an English philosopher who had been exposed to Bentham's work as a result of being the son of his friend, john mills
- an Italian philosopher who put forward the ideas of natural law
- an English philosopher who created divine command theory.
5. why did he create it?
- he wanted to reflect society at the time as it was becoming more secular
- he wanted to empahsise the importance of god
- he wanted to examine the implications of having too much freewill.
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