UTILITARIANISM/ CONSEQUENTIALISM
Consequentialism
An act is good in reference to its
consequence or result.
Act is good if the result is good and the
act is bad id the consequence is bad
Also known
as teleological
ethics.
Consequentialism
Elaboration:
Telos- end
Egoism,
hedonism,
pragmatism,
utilitarianism.
“I”
EGOISM.
“PRACTICAL”
Consequentialism
PRAGMATISM:
HEDONISM
“NOW”
UTILITARIANISM
“MAJORITY”
UTILITARIANISM
UTILITARIANISM
UTILITARIANISM
John Stuart- Mill
“it is not enough to
base the goodness of
the action from the
act alone. (if we do so,
we can only get
quantity of pleasure).
UTILITARIANISM
John Stuart- Mill
It is through actions conforming the
rules, will it produce greatest pleasure.
Hedonic Calculus
(1) its intensity. (How intense is the
pleasure or pain?)
Hedonic
Calculus
(2) its duration. (How long does the
pleasure or pain last?)
(3) its certainty or uncertainty. (How
probable is the occurrence of pleasure or
pain)
(4) its nearness or remoteness. (Also
known as Propinquity: How far off is the
pleasure or pain?)
(5) its fecundity, i.e. its chance of
being followed by sensations of
the same kind (pleasure by
pleasure, pain by pain)
Hedonic
Calculus
(6) its purity, i.e. its chance of not
being followed by sensations of
the opposite kind (pleasure by
pain, pain by pleasure).
(7) its extent, i.e. the number of
persons to whom it extends or (in
other words) who are affected by
it.
The Greatest
Happiness Principle
Utilitarianism
That principle, of course, is the principle
of utility.
desirability: that happiness is
desirable as an end,
exhaustiveness: that nothing but
happiness is desirable as an end,
and
impartiality: that each person’s
happiness is equally desirable.