Classical Utilitarianism: the Mail Philosophical Problems

Authors

  • Dmitry S. Serebryansky Lomonosov Moscow State University

Keywords:

classical utilitarianism, J.Bentham, J.S.Mill, principle of utility, pleasure and pain, «the greatest happiness of the greatest number», rationality, «moral arithmetic», consequentialism, welfarism

Abstract

The article deals with the main theoretical statements of classical utilitarianism on such points as human nature, the essence of happiness and conditions of its attainment, models of moral action and the content of «the greatest happiness principle». The author compares J.Bentham’s and J.S.Mill’s solutions of these problems and tries to find out the sources of some conceptual differences between their ethical theories.

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Published

2019-04-07

Issue

No. 11 (2011)

Section

HISTORY OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY

How to Cite

Classical Utilitarianism: the Mail Philosophical Problems. (2019). Eticheskaya Mysl’ | Ethical Thought, 11, 90-104. https://et.iphras.ru/article/view/2589