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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism – Wikipedia
Francis Hutcheson first introduced a key utilitarian phrase in An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue (1725): when choosing the most moral action, the amount of virtue in a particular action is proportionate to the number of people such brings happiness to. [12]

https://theconversation.com/explainer-the-greater-good-and-why-it-matters-more-than-ever-40643

https://theconversation.com/explainer-the-greater-good-and-why-it-matters-more-than-ever-40643
Explainer: the greater good and why it matters more than ever
The idea of the greater good has a long yet punctuated history, replete with diverging meanings. To illustrate, Plato imagined an ideal state in which private goods and nuclear families would be …

https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub / businessethicsopenstax / chapter / utilitarianism-the-greatest-good-for-the-greatest-number

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7 Utilitarianism: The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number
Bentham’s fundamental axiom, which underlies utilitarianism, was that all social morals and government legislation should aim for producing the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. Utilitarianism, therefore, emphasizes the consequences or ultimate purpose of an act rather than the character of the actor, the actor’s …

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-the-philosophy-of-the-greatest-good-for-the-greatest-number-have-any-merit

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-the-philosophy-of-the-greatest-good-for-the-greatest-number-have-any-merit
Does the Philosophy of the Greatest Good for the Greatest Number Have …
If you answered in the affirmative to these questions, then you might be a utilitarian, the moral system founded by English philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) and encapsulated in the principle…

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/202004/the-greater-good

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/202004/the-greater-good
The Greater Good | Psychology Today
Low relational mobility—reduced freedom to choose friends or partners or move easily between social groups—most strongly predicted a greater tendency to reject the sacrifice. People may …

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-01-20/the-greatest-good-for-the-greatest-number-a-doctrine-of-acceptable-losses

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-01-20/the-greatest-good-for-the-greatest-number-a-doctrine-of-acceptable-losses
The greatest good for the greatest number: A doctrine of acceptable …
In 1776 philosopher Jeremy Bentham wrote a phrase that continues to be central to our modern way of thinking: [I]t is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong. That phrase has morphed into the familiar one cited in the title of this piece.

https://reason.com/2012/02/24/the-myth-of-the-greater-good

https://reason.com/2012/02/24/the-myth-of-the-greater-good
The Myth of the Greater Good – Reason.com
Jeremy Bentham himself was aware of this problem. (The quotes are in Germain Grisez, Against Consequentialism [pdf], American Journal of Jurisprudence, 1978. Hat tip: Gary Chartier for bringing…

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/18/880153542/the-greater-good

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/18/880153542/the-greater-good
The Greater Good? : TED Radio Hour : NPR
19 juin 2020This hour, TED speakers share four different ideas about how to act for the greater good. Guests include writer Huang Hung, political philosopher Danielle Allen, philosopher Peter Singer, and …

https://openstax.org/books/business-ethics/pages/2-4-utilitarianism-the-greatest-good-for-the-greatest-number

https://openstax.org/books/business-ethics/pages/2-4-utilitarianism-the-greatest-good-for-the-greatest-number
2.4 Utilitarianism: The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number – OpenStax
More importantly, who decides what is good? Jeremy Bentham (1748-1842), a progressive British philosopher and jurist of the Enlightenment period, advocated for the rights of women, freedom of expression, the abolition of slavery and of the death penalty, and the decriminalization of homosexuality.

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/917871

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/917871
Project MUSE – The Greater Good
Saving lives as the greater good is represented by the moral philosopher Peter Singer, whose brand of utilitarian ethics has inspired the Effective Altruism movement. Changing lives (i.e., maximizing human potential), while lacking a contemporary advocate of the stature of Singer, or one whose position is as absolutist as his, has been an … lesoutrali bot