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Utilitarianism: is a doctrine of ethics which takes the assumed greatest benefit for the greatest number of affected people as the moral aim. See also hedonism, good/the good, preference-utilitarianism, rule-utilitarianism, ethics, morality, deontology, consequentialism, benefit._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.
Author
Concept
Summary/Quotes
Sources
J. Bentham on Utilitarianism - Dictionary of Arguments
P. Singer I 10
Utilitarianism/Bentham/P. Singer: Bentham thesis: "Everyone counts as one and nobody counts as more than one".
Cf. >Utilitarianism/Singer, >Preference utilitarianism, >J. Bentham._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals
indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate
the page number. The corresponding books
are indicated on the right hand side.
((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.
Benth I
J. Bentham
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation Mineola, NY 2007
Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-26