Utiliarianism OCR Religious Studies (AS LEVEL)

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What is the Principle of Utility
Greatest happiness to greatest number
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Who first developed Utilitarianism
jeremy bentham
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What type of theory is Utilitarianism
Teleological
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What do Hedonists believe?
Good = Pleasure
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Utility meanssss
usefulness
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What does optimific mean?
The maximisation of pleasure/happiness etc
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Bentham thought all types of pain and pleasure could be measured...
quantitively
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Bentham thought of a prison which would maximise utility and reduce re-occuring crimes - what was it called
Panopticon
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What did Bentham use to measure the pleasure of an action
Hedonic Calculus
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