Exploring Mills' Utilitarianism Concepts

The belief that only intellectual pleasures are valuable

The view that pleasure and the absence of pain are the only things intrinsically good

The idea that duty is more important than happiness

The belief that wealth is the highest good

Higher pleasures are more expensive to obtain

Higher pleasures are those preferred by people who have experienced both types

Lower pleasures last longer

Lower pleasures are more intense

Act utilitarianism focuses on following established rules, while rule utilitarianism evaluates each action individually

Act utilitarianism evaluates each action based on its consequences, while rule utilitarianism focuses on rules that generally promote the greatest happiness

Rule utilitarianism ignores consequences altogether

Act utilitarianism is only concerned with intentions

Actions are right if they conform to tradition

Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness

Actions are right if they are legal

Actions are right if they are done out of duty

It is too focused on individual rights

It can justify immoral actions if they produce happiness for the majority

It ignores the consequences of actions

It is too rigid and inflexible

He agrees and abandons utilitarianism

He argues that humans are capable of higher pleasures than animals

He claims that pleasure is not important

He says that pain is more valuable than pleasure

A judge follows the law even if it leads to an unjust outcome

A doctor saves five patients by sacrificing one healthy person for their organs

A person donates to charity because it is their duty

A student studies because their parents told them to

Deontology

Virtue ethics

Consequentialism

Existentialism

The rightness of an action depends solely on the agent’s intentions

The rightness of an action depends on its tendency to promote overall happiness

The rightness of an action is determined by tradition

The rightness of an action is determined by religious teachings

Because some pleasures are more expensive

Because some pleasures are more desirable and valuable than others

Because quantity is impossible to measure

Because all pleasures are equal