Hedonic Calculus Flashcards

1
Q

how can the likelihood of an action bringing about happiness be calculated/

A

adding up the amount of pleasure and subtracting the amount of pain

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2
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Seven factors can be measure examples

A

intensity, duration and certainty

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3
Q

How is hedonic calculus flawed

A

impossible for human goodness to be reduced to a sensation

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4
Q

what does it leave room for?

A

Immoral act’s to be justified in the cause of maximising the pleasure of majority

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