Utilitarianism: Quotes

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"actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse"
Mill
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"Everybody is to count for one, nobody for more than one"
Bentham
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"Always act in such a way that you maximise pleasure and minimise pain"
Bentham
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"It is better to be a human dissatisfied than a pig satisfied"
Mill
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"Swine Philosophy"
Thomas Carlyle
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"An action is judged by its consequences"
Bentham
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"Its not the agents own greatest happiness but the greatest amount happiness altogether"
Mill
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"Human beings gave faculties more elevated than animal appetites, once made conscious of them, they dont regard anything as pleasure that doesnt include their gratification"
Mill
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"Nature has placed mankind under two sovereigns, pain and pleasure. these point out what we ought to do, and what we shall do"
Bentham
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"Push pin is of equal to poetry, and if it furnishes more pleasure, it is more valuable"
Bentham
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"To do as one would be done by and to love ones neighbour as oneself constitute the perfect utilitarian morality"
Mill
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"to bring a child into existence without a fair prospect of being able, not only to provide food for its body, but instruction and training for its mind is a moral crime"
Mill
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"Choose the course which will bring about the best consequences on balance for all affected"
Singer
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What are the seven stages of the hedonic calculus in order?
Intensity, Duration, Certainty, Remoteness, Richness, Purity and Extent
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what is meant by... Peter And Lewis Dawn Mark Ella Only Now Buy Pizza
the advantages of Utilitarianism, practical, applicable, large organisations, democratic, many people agree, easy to understand, only human nature, no need for wisdom, balance between quant and qual, prevents injustice being served to individual
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what is meant by.... Peter Pan Doesn't Reccomend Ever Imangining Adulthood As It Certainly Seems Daunting
disadvantages: Predicting, Perceptions differ, Displaying accurate foresight, Removal emoti pain, Eliminating pain, Individs sacrificed, Assumption desires, Actions affect, Individ attribute, Cruel acts, Straightfwd..not, Doesnt indicate distribution
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Why is the allocation of medical resources an important issue?
Medial resources are finite
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