Bentham

• What is the principle of utility?

  The greatest happiness for the greatest number
• "Better to be a human dissatisfied than a pig satisfied, better to be Socrates satisfied than a fool satisfied"
• what is the hedonistic/ felecific calculus?

  A way to measure if something is right or wrong by looking at how much pleasure or pain the decision will cause
• what is hedonism?

  The pursuit of pleasure
• How does Bentham describe pain and pleasure?

  "Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure"
• What is Act utilitarianism?

  Taking each individual action and making a judgement based on the balance of good or evil done in the particular situation
• Bentham argues that it is the pursuit of happiness is the drive for human life
• What is the quantitative approach?

  Data-driven analysis, looking at why decisions are made through things such as surveys