What is Utilitarianism?
Utilitarianism is a normative ethical theory that suggests that the best action is the one that maximizes happiness for the greatest number of people. Its origins are often attributed to the philosophers Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill.
This philosophy has been influential in a wide range of fields including economics, politics, and ethics.
Key Principles
- Greatest Happiness Principle: Actions are right as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.
- Impartiality: Each individual's happiness is worth the same; no person's pleasure is more important than another's.
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