Various thoughts on Bentham and Mill

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Philosophy

 

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William S

 

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August 8, 2013

 

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The utility of an object is the property that allows for it to produce pleasure and prevent pain. Thus, happiness is considered in its ability to maximize our pleasure and limit our pain. As Bentham clearly states: By the principle of utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves of every action whatsoever, according to the tendency which it appears to have to augment or diminish the happiness of the party whose interest is in question: or, what is the same thing in other words, to promote or to oppose that happiness...
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(Bentham, Pg 9) Basically for Bentham, what is morally obligatory is the action that produces the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people. Bentham and Mill both feel that pain and pleasure are the things that govern us in our moral lives. As Bentham states, "Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure...
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