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2.4 - Utilitarianism

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Key Terms
Principle of utility greatest hap...,
Deontological,
Teleological
10  cards
Is It Possible To Measure Good Or Pleasure And Then Reach A Moral Decision?
Utilitarianism relies on happines...,
There are different types of osca...,
If people don t share the same id...
5  cards
Can An Ethical Judgement About Something Being Good, Bad, Right Or Wrong Be Based On The Extent To Which, In Any Given Situation, Utility Is Best Served?
Ethical judgements are about serv...,
In his book a short history of al...,
If the majority feel when someone...
3  cards
Does Utilitarianism Provide A Helpful Method Of Moral Decision-Making?
Bernard williams suggest utilitar...,
Of utilitarianism is that it reli...
2  cards
Rule Utilitarianism
Rule utilitarians are more focuse...,
Rule utilitarians might tell the ...,
There might be a particular situa...
8  cards
Act Utilitarianism
Taking an utilitarian approach me...,
Act utilitarianism is in that the...,
Act utilitarianism could be calle...
6  cards
Act And Rule Utilitarianism
The utilitarians were interested ...,
Act utilitarians are driven by th...,
Rule utilitarians establish rules...
3  cards
The Quality Of Happiness In The Utility Principle
Mill was bentham s and he followe...,
Mill investigates pleasures and p...,
Mill says higher pleasures are be...
8  cards
The Hedonic Calculus
The hedonic calculates the balanc...,
Individual benefit isn t enough f...,
A number of factors need to be co...
6  cards
Goodness Is Relative To The Results
Utilitarianism is a ethical theor...,
Utilitarianism is a kind of relat...
2  cards
The Principle Of Utility
Bentham developed a principle of ...,
Utility is what moral should be l...,
The balance between happiness and...
5  cards
Jeremy Bentham's Utilitarianism
Jeremy bentham was the first and ...,
Nature has placed mankind under t...,
Bentham says we instinctively try...
5  cards
Introduction
Utilitarianism is a focusing on r...,
Ethics is apart from religion for,
Singer argues that belief and cus...
12  cards

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