Metaethics 4

Question 1

Who made RULE Utiltarianism

Answer 1

John Stuart Mill

Question 2

What is RULE Utiltarianism?

Answer 2

• Mill saw Bentham’s utility principle as purely quantitative.

• He was concerned that one person’s ‘pleasure’ could be
entirely overlooked if the majority were to gain pleasure
from a particular action

Mill distinguished between higher
and lower pleasures.
• Higher pleasures were qualitatively
better and more important than the
lower pleasures
• Pleasures of the mind = higher
• Pleasures of the body = lower
• Pursuing higher quality pleasure is
better than pursuing lower
quantitative ones