Key Words - Utilitarianism (Bentham)

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Hedonist
a person who believes that the pursuit of pleasure is the most important thing in life; a pleasure-seeker.
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Quantitative
relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its quality.
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All pleasure are of equal value
pushpin is as good as poetry
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Hedonic calculus
Benthams way of measuring how much happiness an action brings
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Rejected human rights
'Nonsense on stilts'
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Focused on the individual
The greatest good for the greatest numer
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Judged ever action...
...for its own merit
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Concerned with the common good for society but at expense of human rights
Bentham produced a model of an all-seeing prison where prisoners were under 24/7 surveillance. This then conditioned their behavior so much so that they carried on this behavior after release
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Principle of utlity applied to....
individual actions
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relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its quality.

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Quantitative

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pushpin is as good as poetry

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Benthams way of measuring how much happiness an action brings

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'Nonsense on stilts'

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