during the 18th century industrial revolution, minority rich factory owners taking advantage of the poor majority of factory workers
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what was Jeremy Bentham?
headonist
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where does the word hedonist come from?
comes from the Greek word "hedone" meaning to seek pleasure
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what is the principle of utility also known as?
the principle of usefulness
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what is the principle of utility?
"the greatest good for the greatest number"
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what utilitarianism was Jeremy Bentham?
act utilitarianism
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what did he develop?
headonic calculus?
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what is headonic calulus?
7 principles to calculate the amount of pain or pleasure an action will bring
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what are the seven principles?
duration,extent, purity, certainty, intensity, propinquity and fecundity
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who developed rule utilitarianism?
j.s.mil
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mills context?
he was a child prodigy and was a familial friend of benthams, they worked together until they disagreed on the definition of pleasure
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what did he talk about?
higher(reading and music) and lower pleasures ( sex, drugs and alcohol)
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what would rule utilitarianism say in regards to euthanasia?
it is acceptable as the patient can only appreciate lower pleasures
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who is a modern academic?
peter singer
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what did singer say?
given the appropriate guidlines and safegaurds you should not deny a patient of voluntary euthanasia if they are in a rationed state
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what did Richard Ryder say?
disagreed with the exploitation of the minority, so shouldn't prolong an individual for the benefit of the family, no reason why is should not be accepted
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