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Utilitarianism
Covers Blackburn's Being Good, J.S. Mill's On Liberty and Utilitarianism, Plato's Crito
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04/10/2008
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Principle of Utility
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the right thing to do is that which has the best consequences, measured by the happiness of all involved.
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Things with intrinsic value in utilitarianism: 

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only pleasure and pain, only experiences, not tangible things.
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Objections to "only pleasure and pain have value"?
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other things have it too: actions or following rules, or virtue.
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Motives to being a utilitarian?

Why it is important to be concerned with other's rights and wellbeing? 

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- inner sense of duty/conscience (feeling that motivates caring about global utility by human nature).

- religious motive (follow example, in for the afterlife)

- hope of favor/fear of displeasure of fellow men

- if you think it would be wrong for them to exploit YOU 
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