Utilitarianism Flashcards
1
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Was Bentham rule or act?
A
Act
2
Q
Was Mill rule or act?
A
Rule
3
Q
What were Bentham’s 7 points?
A
Purity Duration Intensity Certainty Remoteness Fecundity Extent/number
4
Q
What is the quote Bentham said?
A
“We are governed by two sovereign masters: pleasure and pain”
5
Q
What did Bentham create to quantify pleasure?
A
The Hedonic Calculus
6
Q
What is all that matters to Bentham?
A
Happiness
7
Q
What are Bentham’s key principles?
A
- An action is morally good if it leads to a consequence of maximum happiness
- The value of happiness is all that matters
- No one person’s happiness means more than another’s
8
Q
Is Bentham’s theory relative or absolute?
A
Relative
9
Q
What was Mill’s idea of pleasure?
A
That there are high and lower pleasures
10
Q
What was the quote mill said?
A
“It is better to be a human dissatisfied than a pig satisfied. Better to be a socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.”
