Module 03: CONSEQUENTIALISM

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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

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promoting happiness, preventing suffering

The focus of utilitarianism is
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sense experience is the ultimate form of knowledge

John Stuart Mill was an empiricist.. what does this mean?

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Epicureanism

life does not exist for knowledge; reasoning and philosophizing exists for the sake of promoting a happy life

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Utilitarianism is historically a progressive doctrine

1) universal scope: EVERYONE’s happiness matters

2) egalitarian principle: everyone’s happiness matters EQUALLY

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