Utilitarianism 1
"The greatest good for the greatest number"
What is Utilitarianism
The founder of Utilitarianism
The founder of Natural Moral Law
What is Thomas Aquinas
The founder of Deontological ethics
What is Immanuel Kant
An 'if'/ 'then' statement, such as "if you want to get in shape, then you should get some exercise"
What is a hypothetical imperative
The greatest good for the greatest number without taking into account harm to others
What is Act Utilitarianism
The 'fixer' of Utilitarianism
What is John Stuart Mill
The two ways God's laws can be known
What are reason and revelation (Scripture)
The meaning of the Greek work 'deon' in English.
What is Duty
A command statement that has no 'if': something you must in all situations do.
What is a Categorical Imperative
The greatest good for the greatest number taking into account the idea that one should not harm others
What is Rule Utilitarianism
A way of working out how to maximize pleasure and minimize pain from a given action.
What is the Hedonic Calculus
The distinction between things that 'seem' good and things that really are good
What are 'real' and 'apparent' goods
another word for 'feelings' (that should not influence our ethical actions)
What are 'inclinations'
For something to be true (ethically) you must allow that it could become a law for everyone
What is the first formulation of the Categorical Imperative
A person capable of distinguishing between a 'higher' and a 'lower' pleasure within Mill's Utilitarianism.
What is a 'competent judge'.
The Historical period in which Utilitarianism comes about
What is the Industrial Revolution
The five things all living beings should naturally be motivated to do
What are the Primary Precepts
The idea of an ultimate end, or supreme good for all human beings.
Never treat people just as means, always value them as ends in and of themselves.
What is the Second Formulation of the Categorical Imperative
A form of Utilitarianism that does not seek to simply maximize pleasure, but looks for overall satisfaction of choices and outcomes.
What is Preference Utilitarianism
The three ways of classifying the theory of Utilitarianism
What is Relativist, Consequential and Teleological
The more specific rulings or applications that follow from the Primary Precepts
What are Secondary Precepts
The book in which Kant establishes his ethical theory
What is the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Act as though you assume everyone is following the moral law
What is the Third Formulation of the Categorical Imperative