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Utilitarianism
Extract 7: Mill on the importance of character
Mill was deeply influenced by Aristotle. It could be argued that Mill’s definition of happiness, which embraces goals, expectations and activity,…
Read MoreExtract 8: The Buddhist meaning of happiness
The Buddhist idea of happiness is radically different from western views, which tend to equate happiness with development of self or…
Read MoreSummary: Williams’ Critique of Utilitarianism
source Williams, “A Critique of Utilitarianism” First, some preliminaries: It’s important to be clear about what views Williams’ argument, and the…
Read MoreSummary: Singer – Is Act Utilitarianism Self-defeating?
source Singer, “Is Act-Utilitarianism Self-Defeating?” Act-Utilitarianism (AU): An act is right if an only if it would have the best consequences,…
Read MoreSummary: Rawls’ Two Concepts of Rules
source Rawls, “Two Concepts of Rules” Act-Utilitarianism: An act is wrong if and only if it would fail to produce as…
Read MoreArticle: Jim and the Indians and Jill and the runaway trolley
Here is a very clear discussion by T.Campbell of two classic utilitarian dilemmas. A runaway trolley is heading towards twenty men…
Read MoreArticle: Bentham and Singer
Bentham and Singer Emilie Dardene University of Reims In this paper I would like to compare two forms of utilitarianism: the…
Read MoreAdvanced Article: Bentham on prostitution and short term marriages
For a fascinating more advanced article on Bentham’s views of sexual ethics click below: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01440360902765415#tabModule
Read More1.1 Bentham
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was a London based moral, political and legal philosopher. He was predominantly interested in a comprehensive reform of…
Read More1.2 Pleasure
To understand Bentham's moral philosophy we need to grasp three things: first, he thought pleasure was the only intrinsic good, and…
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