utilitarianism
Maximize total welfare
Utilitarianism is an ethical theory holding that the right action is the one producing the greatest good for the greatest number.
Associated with philosophers Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, it measures morality by outcomes rather than intentions or rules.
Her utilitarianism led her to support policies that maximized overall welfare, even when they disadvantaged a few.
Ethics judging by results
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- beneficenceActive desire to help
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- altruismPrioritizing others' wellbeing
hedonism · normative · justice · fairness · equity · duty · virtue · goodness
Comparing expenditure to return
- aggregateCombined sum total
- outcomesFinal results achieved
- preferencesFavored options among alternatives
- satisfactionState of fulfilled desires
well-being · pleasure · happiness · expediency · trade-offs · quantification · measurement · weighing
Utilitarian ethics founder
- MillVictorian ethicist's surname
- panopticonCentral-view prison structure
Practical problem-solving philosophy
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- functionalityPractical operational capacity
- instrumentalServing as means
- workableAble to be implemented
feasible · effective · productive · beneficial · resourceful · applicable · sensible · expedient
Adopted principle of action
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- commonwealthState for public good
- redistributionSharing out again differently
- reformImprove by correcting faults
liberalism · egalitarianism · democracy · governance · regulation · technocracy · statism · collectivism
Morality based on obligations
- KantianismDuty-centered moral philosophy
- alienationState of being isolated
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- exploitationSelfish use of others
consequentialism
Ethics judging by results
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- beneficenceActive desire to help
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
altruism · hedonism · normative · justice · fairness · equity · duty · virtue · goodness · principle
cost-benefit
Comparing expenditure to return
- aggregateCombined sum total
- outcomesFinal results achieved
- preferencesFavored options among alternatives
satisfaction · well-being · pleasure · happiness · expediency · trade-offs · quantification · measurement · weighing · optimization
Bentham
Utilitarian ethics founder
- MillVictorian ethicist's surname
- panopticonCentral-view prison structure
pragmatism
Practical problem-solving philosophy
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- functionalityPractical operational capacity
- instrumentalServing as means
workable · feasible · effective · productive · beneficial · resourceful · applicable · sensible · expedient · results-oriented
policy
Adopted principle of action
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- commonwealthState for public good
- redistributionSharing out again differently
reform · liberalism · egalitarianism · democracy · governance · regulation · technocracy · statism · collectivism · individualism
deontology
Morality based on obligations
- KantianismDuty-centered moral philosophy
- alienationState of being isolated
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- moralitymoral, moral values, immoral, moral principles, moral code
- ismscapitalism, socialism, communism, anarchism, racism
- ethicsmorality, deontology, dignity, sanctity of life, morals
- Ideasidealism, materialism, empiricism, rationalism, liberalism
- moral philosophymoral philosophy, moral judgment, moral reasoning, moral principles, moral conduct
- philosophiesempiricism, stoicism, nihilism, idealism, materialism
utilitarianismdeontology
Morality based on obligations
Kantianism · antiutilitarian · categorical imperative · intuitionism · formalism
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