Jeremy Bentham

Question 1

JEREMY BENTHAM

Answer 1

rich guy, sat around thinking about politics.

Question 2

Jeremy’s main idea to explain politics & human behavior is?

Answer 2

Utilitarianism

Question 3

Utilitarianism

Answer 3

Pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain.

Question 4

rationale

Answer 4

people pursue pleasure and avoid pain

Question 5

law is not exception

Answer 5

how much pleasure (good) or pain (bad) a law contains

Question 6

value of a law is based on this- not its righteousness

Answer 6

is their more pleasure or pain

Question 7

intensity

Answer 7

is it intense (acid) or not (fleeing)

Question 8

intensity

Answer 8

hurt a lot or not

Question 9

duration

Answer 9

chocolate mouth - swallow its over.

Question 10

what makes a just vs unjust law

Answer 10

pain fleeing and pleasure long duration “good law” & vice versa (unjust law)

Question 11

certainty or uncertainty (fruition not as bad)

Answer 11

pain and/or pleasure is always produced by the law

Question 12

extent (# of people affected)

Answer 12

pain & pleasure to the great number.

Question 13

51 out of 100 (fundamental fault)

Answer 13

Bentham “good law” even if 49 suffering.

Question 14

fundamental fault of democracy

Answer 14

tremendous pain small amount, but large population benefits.

Question 15

What is the foundation of present work

Answer 15

Utility

Question 16

what are the four measures of pleasure & pain

Answer 16

intensity, duration, certainty, propinquity vs remoteness

Question 17

should each be considered by itself?

Answer 17

yes

Question 18

how do you estimate tendency of an act?

Answer 18

fecundity and purity

Question 19

fecundity

Answer 19

followed by pleasure or pain of the same kind

Question 20

purity

Answer 20

followed by pleasures or pain of the opposite kind

Question 21

is fecundity and purity only property of the act itself or event?

Answer 21

yes

Question 22

fecundity and purity only taken into account in tendency?

Answer 22

yes

Question 23

extent

Answer 23

who are affected by it