1/5
Looks like no tags are added yet.
Name | Mastery | Learn | Test | Matching | Spaced |
---|
No study sessions yet.
Jeremy Benthan & James Mill
in response to the widespread suffering during the Industrial Revolution, they sought to use philosophy for social reform and institutional design
promoting happiness, preventing suffering
The focus of utilitarianism is�
sense experience is the ultimate form of knowledge
John Stuart Mill was an empiricist.. what does this mean?
Epicureanism
life does not exist for knowledge; reasoning and philosophizing exists for the sake of promoting a happy life
Utilitarianism is historically a progressive doctrine
1) universal scope: EVERYONEâs happiness matters
2) egalitarian principle: everyoneâs happiness matters EQUALLY