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UTILITARIANISM, Hedonic Calculus (This is a 'mathematical' method…
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Hedonic Calculus
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We should weigh up all possible pain and pleasure that will come from an action in order to work out whether there would be more pain or pleasure overall.
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Mill's Utilitarianism
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Lower pleasures, things like food, sex and sleep are less important
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Bentham's Utilitarianism
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It appears as though nature built us this way, not God, and we are not driven by our logical reason.
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Key Words
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Utilitarianism = the ethical idea that we should always seek to achieve the greatest balance of good and evil.
Utility = the idea of 'usefulness' that we should do whatever is useful in increasing overall good/pleasure and decreasing overall evil/pain.
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