Preference utilitarianism
Preference utilitarianism Preference utilitarianism is a particular variant of utilitarianism which defines utility in terms of ...
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Talk:Preference utilitarianism
Talk:Preference utilitarianism I feel there is a problem with ... article. It's difficult to understand what "Preference Utilitarianism" is, even if one is familiar with Utilitarianism, because Preference Utilitarianism is defined here ...
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Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism This article or section does not cite ... discussion of John Stuart Mill's essay Utilitarianism (1861), see Utilitarianism (book). Utilitarianism (from the Latin utilis, useful) is a ... be maximized is usually happiness, pleasure, or preference satisfaction. Though some utilitarian theories might ...
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User talk:Twiffy/Quality Utilitarianism
User talk:Twiffy/Quality Utilitarianism < User talk:Twiffy This article or section ... help Wikipedia by including appropriate citations. Quality Utilitarianism is an adaptation of the moral theory Utilitarianism in which quality of life is maximized ... the term "happiness", as it applies to Utilitarianism, to be synonymous with the Quality Utilitarianism definition of "quality of life". As ...
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Peter Singer
... issues from a utilitarian, and specifically a preference utilitarian, perspective. Singer's parents were Viennese ... as a moral ideal independent from his utilitarianism based on interests, he accepts rights as ... numbers for sentient beings. It asserts that preference-satisfaction utilitarianism, incorporating the 'journey' model, applies without invoking ... as flatly irrational. Universalization leads directly to utilitarianism, Singer argues, on the strength of ...
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Consequentialism
... theory, it is generally traced back to utilitarianism, but earlier ethical theorists often considered the ... of affairs. For example, according to hedonistic utilitarianism, a good action is one that results ... person than Jeremy Bentham, the "founder" of Utilitarianism, regarded animals as a serious object of ... other forms of consequentialism may be understood. Utilitarianism Main article: Utilitarianism Hedonistic Utilitarianism is, historically, the paradigmatic ...
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Talk:Liberalism/archive4
... it. Hence: why I have an editorial preference, and hence, the problem. And, incidentally, adherence ... mention, but in a different context. IE: Utilitarianism in liberalism is not especially relevant in ... I like our ideological classification better. Lucidish> "Utilitarianism in liberalism is not especially relevant in ... trade. OTOH social liberalism is based on utilitarianism - the notion of "the public good." Maybe ... to adopting liberal ideas. Natural law or utilitarianism are both so general that they ...
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Libertarianism
... Mill reformulated Jeremy Bentham's notion of utilitarianism in terms of individual liberty. Mill states ... value than mere physical pleasure, and that utilitarianism requires that political arrangements satisfy the "liberty ... that influences modern libertarian thought. Representatives of utilitarianism, such as Milton Friedman, Ludwig von Mises ... to choose their own lifestyle or sexual preference, provided that such expression does not trample ... other people to choose their own sexual preference or religious freedom. Yet, there has ...
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List of philosophical topics (I-Q)
... proposition - ideal rational agent - ideal type - ideal utilitarianism - idealism - idealization - idealizations - ideals - ideas - ideas of ... harmony - pre-established harmony - preexistence - preface paradox - preference - preference logics - preference satisfaction utilitarianism - prehension - prejudice - premise - prenex normal form - ...
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R. M. Hare
... Austin, the later philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, utilitarianism, and Immanuel Kant. Hare held that ethical ... to a certain form of consequentialism, namely, preference utilitarianism. Example An example of Hare's argument ... other person. Universal prescriptivism, thus, leads to preference utilitarianism. And so, according to Hare, does ...
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