Utilitarianism
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- Created on: 17-11-15 20:52
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- Utilitarianism
- Utilitarianism is an ethical theory 'can be best summed up by the phrase .'the greatest happiness for the greatest number'
- Is a teleological,secular theory which judges morality on the basis of the consequences of our actions
- The end justifies the means
- Relativist theory
- Can be linked back to ancient greek philosophers
- Aristotle believed that Good conduct promoted happiness in society
- Epicurus developed this idea by claiming that a good life consisted of the maximum amount of pleasure
- Jeremy Bentham considered to be founder of utilitarianism
- Heavily involved in both ethics and politics
- John stuart Mill development of utilitarianism
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