PHLA11H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, Antireligion
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N. b: all the bolded words are the subchapter titles. Utilitarianism: proposed by david hume but defined by jeremy bentham & john stuart mill, during the late 18th and 19th century france was being revolutionized and say new ideas of. Bentham: john bentham argued that morality is about being faithful to abstract rules, not pleasing god. Morality is about making the world as happy as possible: said that the principle of utility states to choose whatever action or social policy would have the best consequences for everyone concerned. He was right because he was motivated by noble and loving sentiments, didn"t want his brother to suffer + his brother asked him to kill him. On the other hand, according to the dominant moral tradition in our society, murder is very wrong: dominant moral tradition in our society is (or based on) the christian tradition. Only he may end it as he sees fit.
