Bentham and Kant

Question 1

Who was the key thinker behind Act Utilitarianism?

Answer 1

Bentham

Question 2

What is Act Utilarianism?

Answer 2

Assessing each situations independently of others and rules and chooses the action that maximises happiness

Question 3

What is the prinicple of utility?

Question 4

What is the ‘greatest happiness prinicple’?

Question 5

Happiness is the sole instrinsic good - what does this mean?

Question 6

When making decisions, what role does individual situations in Act Utilarianism?

Question 7

What was the hedonic calculus?

Question 8

What are the seven criteria of the hedonic calculus?

Question 9

What are the challenges to Bentham’s Utilitarianism?

Question 10

What were responses to challenges made to Bentham’s Utilitarianism?

Question 11

What type of theory is Kant’s Categorical Imperative?

Question 12

What did Kant believe everyone had and what does this mean in relation to his theory?

Question 13

How does Kant attempt to define a good will?

Question 14

What is the Categorical Imperative?

Question 15

What is the Hypothetical Imperative?

Question 16

What are the three formulations of Kant’s Categorical Imperative?

Question 17

What is ‘summun bonum’ and it’s impact of Kant’s theory?

Question 18

What are the three postulates if you believe in Kant’s theory?

Question 19

What are strengths of Kant’s Categorical Imperative?

Question 20

What are challenges to Kant’s Categorical Imperative?

Question 21

How are Bentham’s attempts of social reform and belief in equality for all, compatible with Christian decision making?

Question 22

How is Bentham’s view of the greatest good for the greatest number, compatible with Christian decision making?

Question 23

How is Bentham’s view that self interest is inevitable compatible with Christian decision making?

Question 24

How are Bentham’s religious views and rejection of people having special rights, incompatible with Christian decision making?

Question 25

How is Bentham's view that only the consequence matters, incompatible with Christian decision making?

Question 26

How is Bentham's view that rules are secondary, incompatible with Christian decision making?

Question 27

How does the similarities between Kant's ethics to Thomist ethics make Kant's view compatible with Christian decision making?

Question 28

How is the first formulation with Categorical Imperative compatible with Christian decision making?

Question 29

How is Kant's view that reality beyond the world and space compatible with Christian decision making?

Question 30

How is Kant's view that moral obligation comes from nature, incompatible with Christian decision making?

Question 31

How does Kant's theory being deontological and focus on duty make it incompatible with Christian decision making?