Act utilitarianism: We consider the expected consequences of various acts and choose the one that maximizes utility. Rule utilitarianism: After comparing the expected outcomes of following various rules, we choose to follow the rule that will have the best outcome. For rule utilitarianism to work, ...
Jeremy Bentham, (born Feb. 15, 1748, London, Eng.—died June 6, 1832, London), British moral philosopher and legal theorist, the earliest expounder of utilitarianism.
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According to utilitarian logic, killing would be immoral because it would not promote the greatest possibility of happiness. But things are different when we talk about the murder of a terrible dictator: according to the principles of utilitarianism, if the assassination of Hitler on July 20, ...
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“Nietzsche’s indictment of Socrates is that his rationalism, his utilitarianism, subverted and explained away that great stupidity which is noble instinct.” p. 307-308 According to Nietzsche, “the scholar cannot understand the will to power, not a cause recognized by science, which made ...
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Essay on Utilitarianism and the Case for Euthanasia According to Rachels, “It is [incorrect] to say that in passive euthanasia the doctor does nothing, for he does do one thing that is very important: he lets the patient die. "Letting someone die" is certainly different, in some respects...
and cats have the same awareness of what is happening to them as the infant would. This may come across as extreme to most humans but I would agree with Peter Singer, because the ape or mouse cannot give permission to be abused by our science, what would give us the right to do so...