Happiness and utility (Bentham, Principles of Morals and Legislation)

what moves humans to act according to bentham

humans seek pleasure and avoid pain and experience confirms it

how does benthem view happiness

in a quantitative way: the net result of efforts to max pleasure and minimize pain

how does bentham measure happiness

by factors like intensity, duration, certainty, etc.

how does benthams’s utilitarianism evaluate actions

based on their consequences

how does bentham define utility

any object that produces pleasure or anything that prevents unhappiness

how does bentham connect individual happiness and collective happiness

approves or disapproves every action based on how it changes or augments the happiness of a particular party