Jeremy Brett

The two moral theories we really took inspiration from is Ethical Egoism, and Utilitarianism. Ethical Egoism is serving your own self interests, and to be moral in this theory is to act in our own self interests, and is immoral not too. Utilitarianism is a theory that focuses on maximizing pleasure for the most amount of people, and minimizing pain for the most amount of people. The way Utilitarianism does this is by looking at the consequences for the action you are going to do. One was the…

My purpose in this paper is to explain and analyze the theory of utilitarianism. I will do this by explaining the differences between the way Bentham and Mill believe utilitarianism should be determined, including their different hedonistic ideas. I am more in favor of Mill’s hedonistic view on utilitarianism because it places more emphasis on the quality of happiness one can create versus Bentham’s quantitative hedonistic view of just the net amount of happiness one can experience.…

The conclusion to Kant’s Aesthetics revolves around his conception behind the sublime. Kant proposes that all experiences of sublimity evoke the experience of pleasure within the individual experience the sublime. The pleasure derives from a negative liking within the person as they experience displeasure at the awareness of the limitations of their imagination, yet this results in pleasure at knowing the ability of our human reason (Kant, 1987). Kant’s characterisation of the sublime presents a…

2. (515) Value hedonism is defined as a “theory of intrinsic value according to which only states of pleasure possess positive intrinsic value (intrinsically good) and only states of pain poses negative intrinsic value (intrinsically bad or evil. This value of hedonistic utilitarianism” (Timmons). ‘Hedonism’ is recognized as ‘pleasure’ in ancient Greek terms. In other simpler terms, the value hedonism orders that pain or pleasure is the basis of a person’s ethical standards. If it brings pain…

cognizant being. It is a type of consequentialism, implying that the ethical worth of any activity is controlled by its result. In this manner the utilitarian saying: the best use for the best number. The biggest supporters of utilitarianism were Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Yet, in addition, I trust the most essential and substantial protest…

Skylar Windholz Professor Miller English 1020-Core Composition 1 12 Sept 2017 The Experience Machine In Robert Nozick’s novel Anarchy, State, and Utopia, he writes about an experiment called “The Experience Machine”, which attempts to disprove hedonism. Hedonists believe “happiness is merely the condition of having a favorable balance of pleasure over displeasure” (Haybron 502). This way of thinking concludes that pleasure is the ultimate life goal. Nozick questions readers if they were given…

Throughout the course of this paper I will provide a brief introduction to act utilitarianism, use a case to describe how an act utilitarian would make a decision, and then offer my opinion on the case. Consequentialism argues that moral rights and wrongs should be judged not on actions, rather on the consequences of said actions. Act utilitarianism is a form of consequentialism where the rightness of an action is determined by if that action will bring about the most overall happiness. It is…

Utilitarianism is known for being based on the principle of maximizing the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people. Jermey Bentham is the founder of this political school of thought. Bentham says that people are “under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure .” He uses these two masters as the justification for why his utilitarian system is the way that it is. Bentham’s utilitarianism focuses on the three factors: “the greatest individual pleasure or good”,…

One of the most critical concerns of the current modern world is the topic on the rights of gays and in particular the rights of gay marriage. We see in nations such as Russia and India where sexual intercourse is punishable by imprisonment and death which completely goes against tolerant beliefs. The United States as of recently, the US Supreme Court made gay marriage legal in all fifty states as of June 26, 2015. It is not a surprise that this event occurred because there has been an expanding…

When one hears the word “virtue” they think of righteousness and excellence. A person’s character is the entirety of his character trait. Our traits can go from being morally good, bad or somewhere in between. They can be laudable or not. The laudable character traits, the marks of greatness in character, are called virtues. “Virtue Theory maintains that our primary moral responsibility is to develop a virtuous personal character, a character full of virtues” (Burnor 219). Everyone is born with…