Justice + Morality ! Flashcards
Jeremy Bentham
Utilitarian ethics : what brings abt the greatest good to greatest ammt. of people
Utility :
a shorthand for happiness + pleasure
is UE progressive ?
yes, v progressive for it’s time / not bound by legal affairs / can be applied universally !
does the pendulum swing both ways ?
yes ! wants homosexuality to be decriminalised + torture is justified
rules !
based on MAJORITY ! / EVERYTHING = AMORAL TIL IT’S PUT IN CONTEXT ! ( DEPENDS ON THE WHY + HOW MANY PEOPLE BENEFIT)
quality or quantity of pleasure ?
quality > quantity of pleasure
nml vs utilitarianism !
Peter singer ( U ) : no rights drawn up by a ‘higher power’ or natural order / nothing is off limits - nothing is either right / wrong
NML ( AQ. ) : contrasts this pov ! there are things that are totally right + totally wrong / rules may be fabricated into our way + society