Utilitarian Flashcards
Who created the concept of Utilitarianism
John Stuart Mill
HUMAN DECISIONS ALWAYS HAVE:
Consequence
___________ AFFECT HUMAN
RELATIONSHIPS
Decisions
DECISIONS BRING FORTH NEW:
- ideas
- objects
- relationships
DECISIONS ARE GOOD IF
THEY ARE
BROUGHT
ABOUT BY
GOOD
DECISIONS ARE BAD IF
THEY ARE
MOTIVATED BY
ANYTHING
SOCIETY DEEMS
BAD
Are motives always pure?
No, because even if we have the purest motives, it does insure perfect results.
An explanation of why an action is right or wrong r why a person’s character is good or bad
Moral Theory
Two creators of Utilitarianism
Bentham and Mill
Name of Mill’s father and how is he related to betham
James mill - close friend
How old was mill when he started reading in Greek
3 yo
UTILITARIANISM SIMPLIFIED IS…
Greatest good for the greatest amount of people
IS THE
PREDOMINANCE
OF PLEASURE
OVER PAIN
Happiness
IS PAIN AND
ABSENCE OF
PLEASURE
Unhappiness
Other term for utilitarianism
The Greatest Happiness Principle