Utilitarianism

• Hedonistic Calculus: The quantitative measurement of pleasure and pain to determine the morality of an action.
• Greatest Happiness Principle: The idea that an action is morally right if it produces the greatest overall happiness.
• Consequentialism: The ethical theory that the morality of an action is determined by its outcomes.
• Utility: The overall well-being or happiness generated by an action.
• Hedonistic Calculus: Weighing the pleasure and pain involved in a decision to determine its morality.
• Greatest Happiness Principle: Choosing an action that maximizes overall happiness.
• Consequentialism: Evaluating the morality of an action based on its outcomes.
• Utility: Maximizing overall well-being in decision-making.
• Jeremy Bentham: Developed Utilitarianism, emphasizing the importance of maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain.
• John Stuart Mill: Refined Bentham's ideas and introduced qualitative aspects to Utilitarianism.
• Strengths: Focuses on outcomes and the welfare of individuals.
• Weaknesses: Challenges in measuring and comparing pleasure, potential for injustice.
• "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God." - Matthew 5:9
• "Love your neighbour as yourself" - Matthew 22:39