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Essay Sample on Utilitarianism
2010/11/2 (Tuesday) | Filed under: Sample Essays

During the first half of the nineteenth century Jeremy Bentham proposed a quantification, or calculus, of morality by reference to utilitarian outcomes. Bentham’s moral theory was founded on the assumption that it is the consequences of human actions that count in evaluating their merit and that the consequence that matters most for human happiness is the achievement of pleasure and avoidance of pain. He argued that the value of any … Read the rest

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