Utilitarianism

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Main founder of Utilitarianism.
Jeremy Bentham
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What did the founder of Ut experience that inspired him to create an ethical theory
Industrial Revolution
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Original user of the principle of utility
Frances Hutcheson
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Respected but further developed rule utilitarianism and introduced highed and lower pleasures
John Stuart Mill
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The word that describes how this theory counts every person as equal, and no one person is higher than the other
Egalitarian
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Quantitive method of calculating the best outcome of a situation by weighing up the amount of pleasure and pain
The Hedonic Calculus
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What does happiness have in utilitarianism?
Intrinsic value
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How would Freud define happiness?
Subjective
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