Chapter 2: Utilitarianism Flashcards
It is an ethical theory that argues for the goodness of pleasure and the determination
of right behavior based on the usefulness of the action’s consequences.
Utilitarianism
It claims that one’s actions and behavior are good inasmuch as they are directed
toward the experience of the greatest pleasure over pain for the greatest number of
person.
Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism, Its root word is “____” which refers to the usefulness of the consequences of one’s
actions.
utility
meaning the moral value of actions and decisions is based
solely or greatly on the usefulness of their consequences
consequentialist
; it is the usefulness of results
that determines whether the action or behavior is good or bad.
consequentialist
According to ___ (1748-1832) and ____ (1806-1873), utility
refers to understanding the results of people’s actions.
Jeremy Bentham
John Stuart Mill
understanding the results of people’s actions
utility
The utilitarian value ___
and ___; this means that the usefulness of actions is based on its promotion of
happiness.
pleasure
happiness
is the experience of pleasure for the greatest number of persons,
even at the expense of some individual rights.
Happiness
The pursuit for _____ and ____ are in fact the only principle in assessing action’s morality
pleasure and pain
The natural preferability of pleasure Mill refers to as
theory of life
Refers to our subjection to our sovereign masters: pleasure and pain
The Principle of Utility
Refers to the motivation of our actions as guided by our avoidance of pain and our desire for pleasure.
The Principle of Utility
He argued that our actions are governed by two sovereign masters – which he calls
“pleasure and pain”.
Jeremy Bentham
given to us by nature to help us determine what is good or bad and what to be done and not; they fasten our choices to their throne.
pain and pleasure
He equates happiness with pleasure.
Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham provided a framework for evaluating pleasure and pain commonly called
Felicific Calculus