Transcript Different cultures express different moral codes of conduct.

LO: I will know about the Hedonic Calculus
Hmk: Do some biographical work on John
Stuart Mill
Starter: Using your homework, what did you
find out about Jeremy Bentham?
 Based
on your reading from your homework,
pick a term and use it to explain
Utilitarianism
Teleological
Consequentialist
Utility
Quantitative
Hedonistic
Teleological – Moral actions are right or
wrong according to their outcome or telos
(end)
Consequentialist – Someone who decides
whether an action is good or bad by its
consequences
Hedonism – The view that pleasure is the
chief ‘good’
‘Nature has placed mankind under the
governance of two sovereign masters, pain and
pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what
we ought to do, as well as to determine what we
shall do.’
Pleasure = Good
Pain = Evil
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Using the handout to find the answers to the
following:
1. What
is the Utilitarian calculus?
2. According to Bentham, what is the
supreme ethical value?
3. Bentham came up with a way of measuring
the possible consequences of an action.
What was this called? Make a note of the 7
elements.
Can pleasure and pain be measured in this
way?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Why might the fact that we aren’t always
able to predict the future be a problem for
utilitarianism? Give an example
Suggest examples of pains that are good and
pleasures that are bad. How do these cause
difficulties for utilitarianism?
Are affection or honesty good in themselves
or only because they have good results? Why?
How might a critic of utilitarianism argue
that the theory doesn’t protect the interests
of minority groups? Give an example.
‘If it feels good for the majority, then it must
always be right.’
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