The Hedonic Calculus

Question 1

The hedonic ? calculates the balance of ?, well-being or goodness, as opposed to pain or evil.

Answer 1

Calculus.

Pleasure.

Question 2

Individual benefit isn’t enough for ? Rules that benefit the minority and leave the majority in ? aren’t good enough.

Answer 2

Utilitarianism.

Pain.

Question 3

A number of factors need to be considered to evaluate this ? of good and evil. Bentham suggests the following:

1) Intensity.
2) Duration.
3) ?
4) Propinquity.
5) Fecundity (the chance it has of being followed by sensations of the same kind).
6) ? (the chance it has of not being followed by sensations of the opposite kind).
7) Extent.

Answer 3

Balance.
Certainty.
Purity.

Question 4

The hedonic calculus measures the ? of pain and pleasure in any suggested individual act or ?

Answer 4

Quantity.

Law.

Question 5

Bentham argued that laws should be focused on the ? good of the people.

Answer 5

Greatest.

Question 6

Calculating the greatest goodness can have ? implications. A concern about the ? of life could justify euthanasia or abortion.

Answer 6

Controversial.

Quality.