Utilitarianism

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Jeremy Bentham

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Hedonism

belief that pleasure is the “good” and pain is the “bad”

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Psychological Hedonism

Humans are constituted by nature to always persue pleasure and avoid pain

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Ethical Hedonism

People should always pursue pleasure and avoid pain

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Universalism

Everyone’s happiness counts equally

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Consequentialist

We evaluate an action by examining its results

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Principle of Utility/ Greatest Happiness Principle

You should always choose the course of action that will result in the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people

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