Jeremy Bentham

utilitarianism. Each branche were founded by Jeremy Bentham and his student, John Stuart Mill. And I think Mill’s qualitative hedonistic utilitarianism is more reasonable than the others. Qualitative hedonistic utilitarianism is mainly about higher level of pleasure. He sorts out the pleasures by the level of feeling. As the basic of his thought is from Bentham and his utilitarianism, it surely should think for pleasure for most people. But the difference is that Bentham emphasized quantity, but…

pleasure for everyone.” Jeremy Bentham, a philosopher and creator of the Hedonic Calculus argues that there are only two masters when it comes to maximizing happiness, pleasure v.s. pain. However, according to his calculus whoever is receiving more pleasure than pain, by all means should continue the act, even if it is immoral. For example, if a sadist is torturing an innocent person and is receiving more pleasure than the innocent person is receiving pain then, according to Bentham it is okay…

of all time and while they share a few similarities, they are, for the most part, very different. Marx was totally different from just about everyone that had come before him while Mill, on the other hand, did take the basis of his beliefs from Jeremy Bentham, and his father, James Mill but just the basics, as he made major changes and found many flaws with the initial idea of utilitarianism. Mill did agree on it in it’s most basic form but also believed that there was much more to the idea than…

According to scientists, around 150-200 species of plant and animal go extinct every 24 hours. This statistic doesn’t seem so shocking until the realization comes that this is almost 1,000 times the natural rate for extinction. Humans contribute a great amount to this pandemic. A prime example is that of the dodo bird, which was famously hunted into extinction. Around 20,000 species are currently listed as threatened by extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).…

Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is based on the idea that our moral worth of our actions is only determined by its involvement to overall utility in maximizing happiness or pleasure in society. It is, then, the total utility of individuals which is important here, the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. “Utility, after which the doctrine is named, is a measure in economics of the relative satisfaction from, or desirability of, the consumption of goods.” (mustin, 2008) It seems…

In his book, Utilitarianism, specifically in chapter 3, philosopher John Stuart Mill discusses the sanctions and the motives that human beings have that lead them to act in a moral manner. In this paper, I will be exploring in what ways J.S. Mill supports his claims. I will also be delving into analyzing what exactly the motives are, according to Mill. Then I will decide whether or not those motives provide compelling grounds for people to consistently act in a moral manner, no matter the…

while minimizing one’s pain. This is also relevant in a communal setting focusing on benefitting the majority of a group. The two philosophers that will be discussed are: Elizabeth Anscombe and Jeremy Bentham. The Anscombian point of view protests against the use of murder as a means to an end. The Bentham-style utilitarian abides by The Greatest Happiness Principle, which believes that murder is justifiable if it benefits the group. This essay will discuss both views in relation to Bernard…

Jeremy Bentham model called panopticon, is proposed for places where it is ideal to have high surveillance on the occupants and limiting their knowledge of the people watching them. Bentham believed that people better behave themselves when their actions are being watched by an unknown. Bentham explained in an example that a warden served as the overseer and the prisoners the ones being surveilled. The prisoners would be controlled by the deterrence of severe punishment if they were caught.…

centuries, philosophers have questioned what makes an action right or wrong. Founder of Kantianism, Immanuel Kant asserts that the moral worth of one’s action is dependent on whether or not one is motivated by duty, while founders of Utilitarianism, Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill claim that an action’s moral worth relies on the amount of happiness it produces, and for how many people. It is significantly easier to find an action to be morally right according to Kantianism than according to…

Derek and Danny were told by their father and Cameron that in order to make their community and the country better, they needed to stand up against African Americans because they were the source of the problems and issues in Venice Beach. They were manipulated into these wrong ideas by propaganda and their own vulnerability. Derek and Danny’s father had been shot while putting out a fire in an African American's home because Derek needed something to push his anger and Cameron noticed his…