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309 Teleo
309 Teleo
Teleological Ethics: Concerning ends, and primarily with goals of action and their goodness or
badness.
Teleological Ethics
Epicures' Hedonism
The theory of the good life that takes pleasure to be the ultimate good
(1) Ultimate good and ultimate evil
(2) Temporary pleasure and temporary pain
(3) Mental pleasure and physical pleasure
Psychological hedonism: Everyone is motivated by the desire to acquire pleasure; that this is our
goal in life. (Freud)
Ethical hedonism: Independent of what people actually aim at, they should aim at pleasure, which
is the only thing worth having in its own right. (Bentham, Mill)
Bentham's Utilitarianism
We should act in such ways as to make the greatest number of people as happy as possible.
(1) The greatest happiness principle
(2) Quantitative study of pleasure
(3) Six criteria for measuring pleasure or pain