Bentham's utilitarianism

Question 1

ethical hedonism

Answer 1

the view that pleasure is the highest good, and therefore the goal of moral behaviour

Question 2

hedonic calculus

Answer 2

a method of calculating the pleasure or pain produced by an action

Question 3

principle of utility

Answer 3

the view that an action is morally right if it creates the greatest pleasure for the greatest number of people

Question 4

psychological hedonism

Answer 4

the view that human beings are only motivated to seek pleasure or pain

Question 5

utilitarianism

Answer 5

a consequentialist theory claims that the goal of ethics is to maximise pleasure or happiness

Question 6

name the hedonic calculus

Answer 6

purity, remoteness, extent, duration, intensity, certainty, to be followed by