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Bentham & Mill Utilitarianism - Coggle Diagram
Bentham & Mill Utilitarianism
Core Theory Concepts
Definition
Aims to maximise happiness
Aims to minimise suffering
For the greatest number of people
Evaluates morality based on outcomes
Principle of Utility
Fundamental principle
Best action, greatest happiness for greatest number of people
Guided by pleasure and pain
Consequentialism, broader frame work
Jeremy Bentham
Foundational figure
Approach is democratic, happiness considered equally -
Consequentialist; Naturalist; Empirical; Moral
Realist; Cognitivist
Pleasures are homogenous (pushpin is as good as poetry)
Moral reductionist (pleasure/pain as physical status)
View on natural rights 'nonsense on stilts'
Associated concepts
Utility (measure of benefit)
Pain & Pleasure (sovereign masters)
Utilitarianism - theory defined by Bentham where the moral action is the one that creates the greatest total happiness
Hedonic Calculus is used to calculate the utility of an action
Proximity/propinquity
Intensity
Purity
Extent
Certainty
Duration
Fecundity
Differs to situation ethics, as this depends on happiness for greatest number of people