Utilitarianism - Betham and Mill

This is an ethical theory that calls pleasure good, and the goodness of an action is determined by its usefulness. This is what is essentially opposed to ethical theories that consider God's will or some inner sense of faculty, which also argues that the right course of action is one that maximizes overall happiness.

• Right Lens

• Justice Lens

• Utilitarian Lens

• Common Good Lens

• Virtue Lens

Identify the two main proponents of Utilitarianism: (Check all that applies)

• Jeremy Bentham

• John Stuart Little

• Jeremy Beckham

• John Stuart Mill

The man who started utilitarianism.

• Mill

• Betham

• Stuart

• Kant

Identify John Stuart Mill's view of Utilitarianism: (Check all that applies)

• It is disinterested with everyone's happiness.

• Pleasure over displeasure for the greatest number of people.

• It cannot lead to selfish act.

• It seeks to generate best consequences for most people.
  

• It prioritizes self-interest over collective good.

Hedonism believes that, the only thing that is good in itself is pleasure.

• True

• False

Utilitarianism says that the right thing to do is the thing that brings...

• fairness

• the greatest good for the greatest number

• money

• the greatest good for you

Bentham's hedonic calculus assesses pleasure and pain in terms of?

• PURE: Wealth, Health, Pleasure, Emotions, Outcomes, Virtue 

• PREDICT Extent, Duration, Intensity, Certainty, Remoteness

• PROUD: Outcome, Distance, Numbers, Intensity, Pleasure

• Pleasure, Pain, Outcome, Usefulness, Virtue, Purity

Utilitarianism rejects this premise as, to maximize good...and it requires people to?

• The best thing in the situation

• The 'lesser evil'

• Acts which might traditionally seem evil

• All of the above