Utilitarianism

Question 1

Teleological

Answer 1

Most loving outcome

Question 2

Relativist

Answer 2

Relative to the situation

Question 3

Scientific principles

Answer 3

bentham wanted a better system of ethics than just bible and tradition

Question 4

Principle of Utility

Answer 4

an act is right if it delivers more pleasure than pain

Question 5

Egalitarian

Answer 5

Equality

Question 6

Quantitive

Answer 6

Concerns itself with the number of people satisfied

Question 7

Hedonic calculus - to measure pain or pleasure

Answer 7

intensity > certainty > likelihood > extent > duration > remoteness > purity

Question 8

Act

Answer 8

principle of utility is applied to each case

Question 9

Rule

Answer 9

Rules should be formed for the good of society

Question 10

Tyranny of the majority

Answer 10

Throwing christians to the lions

Question 11

Bentham “pushpin”

Answer 11

“pushpin is as good as poetry”

Question 12

Mill disagreed with “pushpin”

Answer 12

Games are base pleasures and poetry’s please holds better value

Question 13

Harm principle

Answer 13

actions of individuals should only be limited to preventing to harm to others

Question 14

+ impartial

Answer 14

doesnt favour our best interests, removes bias

Question 15

+secular

Answer 15

doesnt require a belief in god

Question 16

+progressive

Answer 16

enables science to move away from traditional views

Question 17

• requires us to predict the figure

Answer 17

future is not always predictable, cant always know what’s right - woman could abort her child to benefit her career and then later potentially lose her job

Question 18

happiness is hard to measure

Answer 18

if i enjoy kicking someone and they don’t enjoy being kicked, who’s pleasure or pain is more important