Utilitarianism

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Clues

  • Came up with the principle of utility, he saw that humans tried to find pleasure and avoid pain, he believed that pleasure was the sole good and pain was the soul evil (6, 7)
  • developed Bentham's theory, he thought Bentham's 'greatest good for the greatest number' was quantitative, he focused on qualitative pleasures, the pleasures of the mind are greater than pleasures of the body (4, 6, 4)
  • focuses on general rules that everyone should follow to bring the GREATEST GOOD for the majority of people, associated with John Stuart Mill, you must obey the rule in each particular situation. (4, 14)
  • the principle of utility must be directly applied to every individual situation, GREATEST HAPPINESS must be the final result even if the law has to be broken, developed by Bentham, flexible as it takes into account individual situations (3, 14)
  • weighs up the pain and pleasure generated by the available moral actions to find the best option, considers 7 factors (3, 7, 8)

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