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What did Mill believe in? |
- belief in reason over intuition - Alternative to Christian morality (no religion) - Must have good reason for rules - opposed natural law |
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marx vs utilitarianism |
marx is how an economy should be run utilitarianism is moral and ethics |
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what is utilitarianism? |
Utilitarianism is a theory in normative ethics holding that the moral action is the one that maximized utility. Utility defined in various ways, including as pleasure, economic well-being and the lack of suffering.
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Deontological |
rightness or wrongness of the actions |
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Teleological |
getting to an end that ensures true happiness |
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what were the appealing aspects of utilitarianism |
1. Practical, Common-Sense: 2. Empirical, Scientific: 3. Innovative, Progressive: 4. Modern, Secular: 5. Egalitarian, Democratic:
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Whose happiness are we considering with utilitarianism? |
- general happiness in addition to individual happiness. - believed in Bentham's Greatest Happiness Principle ( higher pleasure and lower pain) -People should accept that they cannot control the desires of other people. - Points to the fact that people have desires and the need to feel happy |
