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13 ore fa · Benthamism, the utilitarian philosophy founded by Jeremy Bentham, was substantially modified by his successor John Stuart Mill, who popularized the term utilitarianism. In 1861, Mill acknowledged in a footnote that, though Bentham believed "himself to be the first person who brought the word 'utilitarian' into use, he did not invent it.
2 giorni fa · Historically, the most influential version is utilitarianism, which assesses consequences by their effect on overall utility, defined by Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill in terms of pleasure and pain. 9 Subsequent consequentialists have defined “utility” or “happiness” in terms of other standards, such as the realization of subjective desires or preferences or more objective ...
3 giorni fa · When the 18 th century British philosopher Jeremy Bentham chose “happiness” as the guide light for his famous doctrine of “utilitarianism,” he waded into a vital stream. For just as we are born drawing breath, so too are we drawn inexorably to happiness, as each of us defines it.
2 giorni fa · The climate crisis: act now to survive and thrive. On 21 June 2024, the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance (NZLA) held a law and climate symposium: ‘Transition to Survive and Thrive’. This inaugural event brought lawyers, clients and partner organisations together for strategy sessions and convened expert panels on pressing climate issues and their ...
4 giorni fa · 5 July, 2024. In the run-up to the general election, several newspapers published stories saying that Keir Starmer would be the UK’s ‘first atheist Prime Minister’ – but as Humanists UK pointed out at the time, that simply was not true! As a non-religious person with a belief in ‘irreducible human dignity’ (as he put it to a recent ...
1 giorno fa · Utilitarianism, championed by figures such as Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, posits that the right action is the one that maximises overall happiness or utility. Happiness is often equated with pleasure and the absence of pain, and utilitarian ethics is consequentialist, meaning it evaluates actions based on their outcomes rather than intentions or moral rules.
13 ore fa · With good reason, some thinkers have balked at the notion that these rights are “inalienable,” as the term is properly understood. Jeremy Bentham, as the father of Utilitarianism, can never receive a very high recommendation overall.
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