PHIL 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, Consequentialism
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Utilitarianism: the greatest happiness for the greatest amount of people. Jeremy bentham and john stuart mill were to prot g es and were fierce democrats. Panopticon- towers around prison to watch all the prisoners at the same time. When someone dies they should be stuffed and put inside your house, they do not want to be buried in the ground. Bentham is still a part of the staff at a university. Actions are right based on what produces the greatest happiness and the least unhappiness. To find a social policy you must find a rule that produces the most pleasure and the least pain. The greatest happiness principle: the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of people. Consequentialism: consequences are the most important factor. We hold insects, adulatory, lying, torturing people are wrong, but only the consequences mat- ter so these things are not necessary wrong.
