by pleasure and the avoidance of pain. A contented society would be a good society. To bring reason and evidence to the field of ethics‚ Bentham then put forward what he regarded as a scientific or empirical process for making moral decisions‚ known as the ‘hedonic calculus’. This consisted of seven key criteria one must consider when making a moral choice: - Intensity - Duration - Certainty - Propinquity or remoteness (how close at hand pleasure falls) - Fecundity (how likely pleasure is to
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the greatest amount of pleasure to the largest number of people. If Jim was a Utilitarian in this case‚ then he will most likely kill one person in order to save nineteen others. As Bentham says‚ “Utilitarianism accepts the fact about reality and uses it as the foundation of its ethical doctrine”. Furthermore‚ killing one person to let nineteen others free is the morally correct thing to do because Benthem states‚ “ A morally good action is one that brings the greatest pleasure or happiness for all
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as the story behind its creation. The poem begins with a mythical tone‚ “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan/ A stately pleasure dome decree.” The poem does not give specifics to nature of the construction of the palace. It just states that Khan decreed the palace be built and then begins describing the palace. The poem’s method of creating a vision of the “pleasure dome” is similar to the biblical tale of the creation of the
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state of which one is happy. The term is subjective‚ but most agree “happy” is associated with “good”. Something good can’t be something bad at the same time‚ yet pleasure is simultaneous with pain. If pleasure can be felt with something else‚ but good cannot‚ therefor pleasure doesn’t equal good and can’t be happiness. Since pleasure isn’t what’s good and what’s good is happiness‚ how can feeding into your vices lead to happiness?
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NAME: Latoya Campbell Course: philosophy of sex and love Course code: Phil 3510 ID number: 620035263 Stream: Tuesday 6-7 Lecturer: Tutor: Dr.Kutach Questions: 1.Formulate a definition that will best reflect the concept of a sexual activity‚ and with the use of two (2) examples‚ illustrate/justify your definition. Introduction What is sex? Why are we as human being so obsessed
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are many stages that lead addiction such as the pleasure principle‚ development of tolerance‚ and compulsion (Rodgers‚ 1994). The brains pleasure principles registers all pleasures the same way‚ from psychoactive drug‚ a monetary reward‚ a sexual encounter‚ or a satisfying meal. In the brain‚ pleasure releases a neurotransmitter called dopamine. Dopamine is released into the nucleus accumbens‚ what neuroscientists refer to as the brain’s pleasure center. Laying down memories of this rapid sense
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good in so far as they promote utility. The principle of utility goals is to produce the greatest amount of happiness and good for the greatest number of people. (Restrepo). In order to guarantee an outcome to have the most maximized wellbeing and pleasure‚ there is criteria to follow. These are; intensity‚ duration‚ nearness‚ purity and extent. By using this criteria‚ I set forth a day where
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Utilitarianism: For and Against Many people have heard of the word utilitarianism‚ but don’t exactly know what utilitarianism means or what it is. After reading about utilitarianism in this paper‚ you will have a perfect understanding of utilitarianism and be able to teach others about it. To start off‚ I will give a detailed description of utilitarianism as a whole and will then move into explaining the development of utilitarianism from Jeremy Bentham to John Stuart Mill. I will also be stating
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making sand castles maximizes his pleasure at the minimization of his pain. Because building sand castles is the only action that governs his moral obligations he does this on his day-to-day affairs. Example 2: Now consider a universe in which there are only two humans. One of these organisms is Leo‚ and the other Gemma. In Gemma’s mind the only thing that governs her ethics is the prevention of sand castles. To Gemma‚ preventing sand castles maximizes her pleasure at the minimization of her pain
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states you must choose the action that increases the total utility. John Stuart Mill was a key proponent of Utilitarianism. Utility is defined as the total happiness or pleasure‚ minus the total unhappiness or pain involved in the action. Another name for utility is the Greatest Happiness principle. From the definition of utility‚ pleasure and the absence of pain are the only things desirable as ends in themselves and are the only things that are good. So‚ under any circumstance‚ actions are good when
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