PHL-2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Hedonism, Rule Utilitarianism, Jeremy Bentham
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If it results in bad consequences it was probably a bad action. Net gain- i killed one person but i saved three people so that"s 2. Jeremy bentham- did not want to be buried or creamated. So body was kept and preserved at university of london. Wasn"t preserved well so his head fell off. One of the two people that founded basis of police force, politician, economist, prison reformer. Pan octagon- prison where the tower feels like they"re watching them. In reality, there"s not many people if any in there. Principle of utility- when you act you should act in such a way that you will create the greatest good for the greatest number. Notice that it doesn"t say anything about your good. My good counts just as much as yours. Hedonist says that pleasure is best thing in universe. Figure out through seven factors only things that distinguish one pleasure from another.
