PHI 2397 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: John Stuart Mill, Kantian Ethics, Consequentialism
14 Nov 2018
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Use - for the use/purpose of improving happiness theory is teleological. End oriented towards the goal of the good (happiness) The creed which accepts as the foundation of moral, utility, or the greatest happiness principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, an the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain, and the privation of pleasure - john stuart mill, 1863. An early form of cost/bene t analysis triumph of the many. The standard of what is right conduct, is not the agent"s own happiness, but that of all concerned. As between his own happiness and that of others, utilitarianism requires him to be as strictly impartial as disinterested and benevolent spectator. Will produce a morally good act, regardless of the results and so cover the entire category of all acts (when done with a good will).
