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9 Σεπ 2024 · Utilitarianism, in normative ethics, a tradition stemming from the late 18th- and 19th-century English philosophers and economists Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill according to which an action is right if it tends to promote happiness and wrong if it tends to produce the reverse of happiness.
14 Μαρ 2023 · Defining utilitarianist ethics. In a basic sense, utilitarianism can be understood as an ethical theory which seeks to maximise happiness and minimise pain. It has had a huge impact in the field of ethics and beyond, with many of its moral principles now permeating the common consciousness.
Utilitarianism (pronounced yoo-TILL-ih-TARE-ee-en-ism) is one of the main schools of thought in modern ethics (also known as moral philosophy). Utilitarianism holds that what’s ethical (or moral) is whatever maximizes total happiness while minimizing total pain.
29 Νοε 2022 · An overview of the general consequentialist approach to ethics, situating utilitarianism within that approach. The chapter is divided into twenty sections, providing clarity of organization and enabling the reader to home in on topics of particular interest.
1 Ιαν 2023 · Definition. Utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory of ethics which states that actions are morally right to the degree that they tend to promote the greatest good for the greatest number. Introduction. Utilitarianism is the best-known version of consequentialist ethics.
24 Ιουν 2023 · Abstract. This chapter evaluates the most important alternative to Kantian deontology: utilitarianism, the idea that we should pursue the greatest possible happiness even if doing so infringes on other people’s rights. Both the advantages and disadvantages of the theory are discussed.
What is utility? Bentham’s fundamental axiom, which underlies utilitarianism, was that all social morals and government legislation should aim for producing the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.
