PHIL 230 Final: PHIL 230 Final Exam Review - Bentham

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1 pleasure and pain as sovereign masters . All acts are based on the maximization of pleasure and the minimization of pain. (i) 2 against the principles of asceticism, sympathy/antipathy and. The error in asceticism is that it is directly contrary to utility; in fact, it is the misapplication of the principle of utility. The error in theology is that it, too, is not really a principle in and of itself, for the will of god here meant cannot be his revealed will , as scriptures are in need of clerical interpretation. The guidance of the interpretation then needs a further standard, or principle, to be used. (xviii) Example: a man loses his goods in a fire. If this was an accident (a calamity), or for his own imprudence (punishment), it is a physical sanction. If this is the sentence of a political magistrate (punishment), it is a political sanction.

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