Samuel Bentham

Within the books of John Berger and Michel Foucault’s thoughts and ideas, they’re shown throughout their short anthologies. In “Ways of Seeing” and Panopticism; we see a lot of similarities and differences between the authors. From the way they write, to the way they express, to the way they think about their emotions and how they translate it out to their readers. John Berger talks about how we have our own perspectives on seeing things and how we can maintain different views in our society.…

Name Institutional affiliation Date They also made an ethical decision a according to the utilitarian decision model. This model is based on utilitarianism, which provides that good acts yield the greatest utility for the greatest number. There is little concern for the rights of others as the main objective is the concern of the majority. The morality of an act is determined from the consequences that will result from it. The utilitarian decision model follows that what is good yields…

Epicurus, as a Hedonist, believed that happiness was the highest good. However, what distinguished his own hedonist view was his view that happiness was the pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain. Arguing that pleasure is the highest good, and therefore all activities are only good because of the pleasure that arises or the pleasure it can bring upon an individual in the future. Although, Epicurus did not believe in pleasure without reason. In other words, Epicurus’s utilized a form of…

The most critical perspective of the ethical issues raised by this case study comes from animal rights. This perspective sit in direct contrast with utilitarianism, in fact Jeremy Bentham, known as the founder of modern utilitarianism said, "We deprive animals of life, this is justifiable; their pains do not equal our enjoyments” (Salt, 1894). Animal rights is a perspective that values the rights and freedoms of animals and sees fundamental wrongs in the use of animals as a resource whether that…

Happiness has always seemed like an impossible goal to those who always question their own. John Stuart Mill is mentioned in the article, “In Pursuit of Unhappiness” concedes that those who are happy are focused on something else rather than their own happiness. Many philosophers such as John Stuart Mill had a similar idea that happiness should not be sought, but found naturally. In addition, naturally finding happiness will help you enjoy the things you like to do for yourself not because you…

both philosophy and politics, which would establish quite the foundation for their future status as moral and ethical theorists. In fact, Bentham, with fellow associates, created a political group crassly named the “Philosophical radicals”. Mill was a senior member of this group, which would later change their name to the more palatable “Utilitarians”. Bentham, being the earlier of the developers, was ripe for criticism from other theorists and critics, many referring to him as a hedonist.…

answer moral quandaries that are posed in many pieces of entertainment, as well as real life. Whether it be choosing a degree to major in or to send money to a charity, utilitarianism has an answer. It finds it's foundation in the works of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Over the years since its inception, it has become a cornerstone moral theory of modern philosophy. Utilitarianism produces the most good for the most people at the expense of personal morality, and the ferry scene in The…

Utilitarianism and Libertarianism PO-406-01 Criminal Justice Seminar Olivia Guiney February 18th 2016 When I consider Utilitarianism and the principal of utility, I first consider our inherent nature. Our nature and our own fostered environment have us under the governance of “Two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. For pain and pleasure dictates how we live, the decisions we make and the chains of cause and effect. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain; by…

John drew most of his father and utilitarians. John’s father was a historian and had close ties with Bentham, a utilitarian philosopher. At the age of sixteen, John began a society of utilitarians to discuss the works of his father, Bentham and others. In the beginning, John supported James Mill’s Essay on Government that argued that the actions of rulers are explained by their interests. Later, John denied this argument…

J.J.C. Smart maintains that there are two types of utilitarianism and that one is the correct and true form of utilitarianism and the other is not. Smart gives many reasons why one is the right version and the other is wrong but ultimately, there is an objection to the version he defends. Smart believes that there are two types of utilitarianism, restricted and extreme. Restricted utilitarianism has moral rules that everyone must follow even if breaking the rule means greater utility. Extreme…