CHAPTER 2

UTILITARIANISM
UTILITARIANISM – IS AN ETHICAL THEORY THAT ARGUES FOR THE
GOODNESS OF
PLEASURE AND THE DETERMINATION OF RIGHT BEHAVIOR BASED
ON THE US
USEFULNESS OF THE ACTION’S CONSEQUENCES.
-GREATEST PLEASURE FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
JEREMY BENTHAM – HE WAS THE TEACHER OF JAMES MILL , FATHER OF
JOHN STUART MILL.
-AN ADVOCATE OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM,WOMEN’S RIGHT
AND SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.

• THE PRINCIPLE OF UTILITY

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALS AND
LEGISLATION
-JEREMY BENTHAM BEGINS BY ARGUING THAT OUR ACTIONS
ARE
GOVERNED BY TWO SOVEREIGN MASTERS WHICH HE CALLS :
“PLEASURE AND PAIN”
JOHN STUART MILL – HE WAS THE SON OF JAMES MILL , A FRIEND
AND
DISCIPLE OF JEREMY BENTHAM.

• JUSTICE AND MORAL RIGHTS

JUSTICE – A RESPECT FOR RIGHTS DIRECTED TOWARD SOCIETY’S
PURSUIT
FOR THE GREATEST HAPPINESS OF THE GREATEST NUMBER.
RIGHTS – ARE A VALID CLAIM ON SOCIETY AND ARE JUSTIFIED BY
UTILITY.